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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 2 - Junior College for Franklin, Marion and Winston Counties. › Section 16-60-36 - Diplomas and Certificates.

Section 16-60-36
Diplomas and certificates.
The faculty, with the approval of the board of trustees, may grant and confer diplomas or certificates upon such students as may be entitled thereto under the rules adopted by the board of trustees governing the subject.
(Acts 1961, No. 888, p. 1397, §17.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 2 - Junior College for Franklin, Marion and Winston Counties. › Section 16-60-37 - Reports.

Section 16-60-37
Reports.
It shall be the duty of the board of trustees to make or cause to be made to the Legislature at each session thereof a full report of its transactions and of the condition of the college, embracing an itemized account of all receipts and disbursements on account of the college by those charged with the administration of its finances. A copy of this report shall be submitted to the boards of education and to the county commissions of Franklin, Marion and Winston Counties, to the governing bodies of each municipality and to the city board of education of any municipality having such a board of education within such counties.
(Acts 1961, No. 888, p. 1397, §18.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 2 - Junior College for Franklin, Marion and Winston Counties. › Section 16-60-38 - Petition for Conversion to Trade School and Junior College; Authority of Board of Trustees if Petition Granted.

Section 16-60-38
Petition for conversion to trade school and junior college; authority of board of trustees if petition granted.
If the Board of Trustees of the Northwest Alabama Junior College, established pursuant to this article, determines that it is to the advantage of the college to convert it to a trade school and junior college which may be constructed, enlarged and equipped under Sections 16-60-80 through 16-60-96, it may petition the State Board of Education to consider designating such college as the location at which one of the trade schools and junior colleges authorized by such sections may be constructed and equipped. If the State Board of Education acts favorably on the petition and designates the Northwest Alabama Junior College as one of the institutions to be constructed and equipped under such sections, then the Board of Trustees of the Northwest Alabama Junior College is hereby authorized to execute such deeds and other contracts and conveyances to the Alabama Trade School and Junior College Authority as will enable such authority to proceed with construction and equipment of needed buildings to enable Northwest Alabama Junior College to operate efficiently to fill the needs of the area for which it is designated as a trade school and junior college. The board of trustees is also authorized to relinquish such authority and responsibility for the operation, management, control, supervision, maintenance, regulation, upkeep, improvement, equipment and enlargement of the Northwest Alabama Junior College to the State Board of Education as to give it the same authority and responsibility relative to Northwest Alabama Junior College that is vested by Sections 16-60-110 through 16-60-112, in said board of education relative to other educational institutions in the state of the types known as trade schools and junior colleges authorized by the Alabama Trade School and Junior College Authority Act. However, the Board of Trustees of said Northwest Alabama Junior College shall continue to exist and shall serve as an advisory committee to advise and assist the State Board of Education in matters relative to the operation, supervision and control of Northwest Alabama Junior College.
(Acts 1963, No. 590, p. 1288, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 2 - Junior College for Franklin, Marion and Winston Counties. › Section 16-60-39 - Action of State Board of Education Upon Petition; Management and Control of Trade School and Junior College.

Section 16-60-39
Action of State Board of Education upon petition; management and control of trade school and junior college.
Upon receipt of a petition from the Board of Trustees of Northwest Alabama Junior College to become an institution authorized under the Alabama Trade School and Junior College Authority Act, Sections 16-60-80 through 16-60-96, the State Board of Education shall consider the need for a trade school and junior college in northwest Alabama. If in its opinion this need can be filled by designating the said Northwest Alabama Junior College as one of the institutions authorized under the Alabama Trade School and Junior College Authority Act, the State Board of Education may agree to designate Northwest Alabama Junior College as a location where funds may be expended for buildings and equipment under said act; and such board of education shall thereupon assume the same authority and responsibility relative to Northwest Alabama Junior College as is vested in it by Sections 16-60-110 through 16-60-112 relative to other educational institutions authorized by the provisions of the Alabama Trade School and Junior College Authority Act except as hereinafter provided. After the management and control of Northwest Alabama Junior College is assumed by the State Board of Education, whenever practicable such board shall consult and advise with the Board of Trustees of Northwest Alabama Junior College relative to the management, control, operation and supervision of Northwest Alabama Junior College; and the State Board of Education may delegate such duties and responsibilities relative to the college to such board of trustees as, in its opinion, will serve the best interest of the college and as are not inconsistent with the Alabama Trade School and Junior College Authority Act and will not adversely affect bonds issued under such act.
(Acts 1963, No. 590, p. 1288, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 2 - Junior College for Franklin, Marion and Winston Counties. › Section 16-60-40 - Sections 16-60-38 and 16-60-39 Supplemental; Liberal Construction; Conflicting Laws.

Section 16-60-40
Sections 16-60-38 and 16-60-39 supplemental; liberal construction; conflicting laws.
The provisions of Sections 16-60-38 and 16-60-39 are supplemental, and this chapter shall be liberally construed to the end that Sections 16-60-20 through 16-60-37, 16-60-80 through 16-60-96 and 16-60-110 through 16-60-112 shall each have a field of operation and be construed in pari materia. However, such parts of Sections 16-60-20 through 16-60-37 as are in conflict herewith shall be superseded by Sections 16-60-38 and 16-60-39 when control of Northwest Alabama Junior College is transferred pursuant hereto to the State Board of Education.
(Acts 1963, No. 590, p. 1288, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 3 - Junior College for Jackson and Dekalb Counties. › Section 16-60-50 - Board of Trustees - Establishment; Composition; Appointment.

Section 16-60-50
Board of trustees - Establishment; composition; appointment.
The Governor, the State Superintendent of Education, the member of the State Senate representing the senatorial district of which Jackson County is a part and the member of the State Senate representing the senatorial district of which DeKalb County is a part, the members of the House of Representatives of the Alabama Legislature from Jackson and DeKalb Counties, the chairman of the county commission of each of these counties, the county superintendent of education of each of these counties, the representative in the House of Representatives of the United States Congress from the congressional districts containing these counties and nine members appointed by the Governor from the two counties at large, making the overall representation of the two counties equal on the board, are hereby constituted a board of trustees for a junior college to be established, maintained and operated in one of the above named counties.
(Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 151, p. 2095, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 3 - Junior College for Jackson and Dekalb Counties. › Section 16-60-51 - Board of Trustees - Organization; Initial Officers; Vice-President; Meetings; Terms of Members; Compensation and Expenses.

Section 16-60-51
Board of trustees - Organization; initial officers; vice-president; meetings; terms of members; compensation and expenses.
The Governor shall be ex officio chairman of the board, and he shall call a meeting of such board within 60 days after September 15, 1961. At this meeting the board shall organize itself, make provisions for the preparation and adoption of bylaws and rules and regulations to govern it and elect a vice-president and a secretary-treasurer. The vice-president elected at the organizational meeting of the board shall hold office for a term of two years and until his successor has been elected. Successors to the vice-president elected at the organizational meeting of the board shall hold office for such time as is prescribed in the bylaws and rules adopted by the board. The secretary-treasurer elected at the organizational meeting of the board shall serve until a president and a treasurer for the college have been elected and employed. Thereafter the president of the college and the treasurer of the college shall be ex officio the secretary and the treasurer, respectively, of the board of trustees.
The board may prescribe the number of regular meetings to be held each year and may provide that during the biennium immediately following September 15, 1961, the board shall meet more frequently than thereafter, however, the board shall meet at least once each quarter in every year. Special meetings may be called at any time by the chairman or by any six members thereof.
All ex officio members of the board of trustees shall serve as such members so long as they hold the office of which membership on this board of trustees is an ex officio duty; and the members appointed by the Governor shall serve for a term concurrent with the term of the Governor appointing them or until the expiration of the term of the municipal office which they held when appointed, whichever occurs last. Successors to the appointed members of the board of trustees shall be appointed by the Governor in like manner and for like terms as the first members appointed to the board.
Board members shall receive no compensation for serving on such board of trustees; however, they may be reimbursed for reasonable expenses actually incurred in attending meetings of the board and performing the duties hereby imposed upon them relative to the establishment, maintenance and operation of the proposed junior college.
(Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 151, p. 2095, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 3 - Junior College for Jackson and Dekalb Counties. › Section 16-60-52 - Date of Commencement of Operations of College; Selecting Location.

Section 16-60-52
Date of commencement of operations of college; selecting location.
The junior college hereby authorized shall be established and ready for operation not later than September 1, 1963. The board of trustees, with the advice and consent of the State Superintendent of Education, shall decide exactly where in the above named counties the college shall be located. The board of trustees, for the purpose of ascertaining the most advantageous location for the college, may make such surveys as in its opinion are needed.
(Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 151, p. 2095, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 3 - Junior College for Jackson and Dekalb Counties. › Section 16-60-53 - Incorporation of College.

Section 16-60-53
Incorporation of college.
When a location for the college has been determined and the board has chosen a name for the college, the board of trustees shall file in the office of the Secretary of State a certificate stating the name and location of the college and the names of persons currently serving as members of the board of trustees. Thereafter, the college shall be a body corporate under the name so filed, with the right to have and use a corporate seal, to sue and be sued in such corporate name in any of the courts of this state of competent jurisdiction as in the case of natural persons.
(Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 151, p. 2095, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 3 - Junior College for Jackson and Dekalb Counties. › Section 16-60-54 - Donations; Sale of Property of College.

Section 16-60-54
Donations; sale of property of college.
The board of trustees is hereby invested with full and ample authority to receive and accept for the use and benefit of the college all gifts, donations, devises and bequests of any and all money and real and personal property necessary and useful in carrying into effect the objectives and purposes of this article. The board of trustees, in the name of such corporation, may sell and dispose of any such property when, in the judgment of such board, such sale or other disposition thereof may aid in carrying into effect the objectives of this article and the building up and sustaining of the college.
(Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 151, p. 2095, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 3 - Junior College for Jackson and Dekalb Counties. › Section 16-60-55 - Rules and Regulations.

Section 16-60-55
Rules and regulations.
The board of trustees shall have full, ample and sufficient power and authority to make, adopt and enforce all rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the laws of this state, which may be necessary for the management, control and conduct of the college and the business connected therewith.
(Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 151, p. 2095, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 3 - Junior College for Jackson and Dekalb Counties. › Section 16-60-56 - Appropriations by Counties and Municipalities Therein for College; Use of Public School Funds.

Section 16-60-56
Appropriations by counties and municipalities therein for college; use of public school funds.
The governing bodies of the Counties of Jackson and DeKalb, and of each municipality in such counties, are hereby authorized to appropriate funds in their respective treasuries, not otherwise appropriated, to be used for the acquisition of land and the construction thereon of buildings suitable for the college, or for the purchase of existing buildings adaptable to use for the college and the lands on which they are located. After the establishment of the college, such counties and the municipalities therein may make annual appropriations for the maintenance, support and operation of the college. The board of education of each of these counties and the board of education of every incorporated municipality, having such a board, within these counties may allocate, use and expend public school funds under their jurisdiction in aid of the establishment, maintenance and operation of the college and provide transportation facilities to students attending the college or such other facilities for students as the board of trustees approves.
(Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 151, p. 2095, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 3 - Junior College for Jackson and Dekalb Counties. › Section 16-60-57 - Programs to Be Offered.

Section 16-60-57
Programs to be offered.
The college shall offer to all eligible students in attendance a program of general education consisting of courses parallel to those of the first and second years of work at a state institution of higher learning offering a four-year course. The college shall also offer and administer a program for vocational education. The State Board of Education shall prescribe minimum standards which must be met and which will assure that the purposes of the junior college are attained.
(Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 151, p. 2095, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 3 - Junior College for Jackson and Dekalb Counties. › Section 16-60-58 - Control of College; President.

Section 16-60-58
Control of college; president.
The junior college established pursuant to this article shall be under the direct control of the board of trustees hereby established and shall be under the immediate supervision and direction of a president, appointed by the board of trustees for a term to be fixed by the board. The president shall not be removed during the term for which he was appointed except for just cause, which shall be explicitly set forth in writing in the minutes of the board. The president shall possess such qualifications as are prescribed by the board of trustees and approved by the State Board of Education.
(Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 151, p. 2095, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 3 - Junior College for Jackson and Dekalb Counties. › Section 16-60-59 - Compensation of Teachers and Officers; Faculty.

Section 16-60-59
Compensation of teachers and officers; faculty.
The president, with the advice and consent of the board of trustees, shall appoint and fix the compensation for all professors, instructors and other necessary teachers and officers. The president, professors and instructors shall compose the faculty of the college.
(Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 151, p. 2095, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 3 - Junior College for Jackson and Dekalb Counties. › Section 16-60-60 - Secretary.

Section 16-60-60
Secretary.
The board of trustees of the college shall elect a secretary for the school who shall hold office for the term prescribed by the board and shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by the trustees and shall perform such services as may be required of him.
(Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 151, p. 2095, §11.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 3 - Junior College for Jackson and Dekalb Counties. › Section 16-60-61 - Treasurer - Generally.

Section 16-60-61
Treasurer - Generally.
The board of trustees shall also elect a treasurer for the college who shall not be a trustee. The treasurer shall receive, hold and pay out all moneys belonging to the college, or that may be paid in for the necessary expenses of any student in the college, or for the use and benefit of any such student. The treasurer shall hold office for the term and receive the compensation fixed for such office by the board of trustees. Before entering upon his duties, the treasurer must give bond in such penalty as the trustees prescribe, payable to the college, conditioned that he will faithfully receive, safely keep and lawfully pay out, and promptly, fully and fairly account for all money or choses in action which may come to him by virtue of his office, and the trustees may require a new bond, or an additional bond, whenever, in their opinion, the interests of the college require it.
(Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 151, p. 2095, §12.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 3 - Junior College for Jackson and Dekalb Counties. › Section 16-60-62 - Treasurer - Removal; Temporary Custodian for Funds.

Section 16-60-62
Treasurer - Removal; temporary custodian for funds.
Whenever the funds in the hands of the treasurer or funds about to be received by him are in danger of being lost, the board of trustees or the president may remove the treasurer from office and take from him all funds and choses in action belonging to the college or any student therein, and may, in the event, appoint a temporary custodian with bond or security to hold such funds.
(Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 151, p. 2095, §13.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 3 - Junior College for Jackson and Dekalb Counties. › Section 16-60-63 - Accounts of Officers.

Section 16-60-63
Accounts of officers.
The secretary, the treasurer and all other officers, agents or servants of the college who are required to keep, use or dispose of any property of the college shall keep accounts of transactions relative thereto in books to be furnished them by the board of trustees, which shall at all reasonable times be open to the inspection and examination of the president, the board of trustees or anyone appointed by the board of trustees to inspect such books. Any person withholding such book or books belonging to the college from the inspection of any officer entitled to examine the same shall be immediately removed from his office or employment by the president or the board of trustees.
(Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 151, p. 2095, §14.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 3 - Junior College for Jackson and Dekalb Counties. › Section 16-60-64 - Matriculation, Library and Laboratory Fees.

Section 16-60-64
Matriculation, library and laboratory fees.
A matriculation fee may be collected from all students enrolled in the college, and the amount of such fee shall be determined by the board of trustees. The proceeds of the fee shall be expended under the direction of such board. A reasonable fee for the use of the library and laboratory facilities may be required; the amount of such fee shall be determined by the board of trustees.
(Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 151, p. 2095, §15.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 3 - Junior College for Jackson and Dekalb Counties. › Section 16-60-65 - Exemption of College Property From Taxation; Exemption of Officers, Teachers and Employees From Jury Duty and Town Licenses.

Section 16-60-65
Exemption of college property from taxation; exemption of officers, teachers and employees from jury duty and town licenses.
The property of the college, of every kind and description, shall forever be exempt from all taxes, municipal, county or state and from all local assessments. The president, other officers, professors, teachers and employees of the college are exempted from jury duty, and all employees are further exempted from payment of town licenses for their labor while working for the college.
(Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 151, p. 2095, §16.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 3 - Junior College for Jackson and Dekalb Counties. › Section 16-60-66 - Diplomas and Certificates.

Section 16-60-66
Diplomas and certificates.
The faculty, with the approval of the board of trustees, may grant and confer diplomas or certificates upon such students as may be entitled thereto under the rules adopted by the board of trustees governing the subject.
(Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 151, p. 2095, §17.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 3 - Junior College for Jackson and Dekalb Counties. › Section 16-60-67 - Annual Reports and Reports to Legislature.

Section 16-60-67
Annual reports and reports to Legislature.
It shall be the duty of the board of trustees to make or cause to be made an annual report to the State Board of Education, to the boards of education and county commissions of Jackson and DeKalb Counties, to the governing bodies of each municipality within said counties and to the city board of education of any municipality having a board of education within said counties, such report to contain a full statement of the transactions of the board and of the condition of the college, embracing an itemized account of all receipts and disbursements on account of the college by those charged with the administration of its finances. It shall also be the duty of the board of trustees to make or cause to be made a full report to the Legislature at each session thereof containing the same information as hereinabove required.
(Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 151, p. 2095, §18.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 4 - Alabama Trade School and Junior College Authority Act. › Section 16-60-80 - Short Title.

Section 16-60-80
Short title.
This article may be cited as the Alabama Trade School and Junior College Authority Act.
(Acts 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 93, p. 259, §18.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 4 - Alabama Trade School and Junior College Authority Act. › Section 16-60-81 - Definitions.

Section 16-60-81
Definitions.
For the purpose of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them by this section:
(1) AUTHORITY. The Alabama Trade School and Junior College Authority organized under the provisions of this article.
(2) BONDS. The bonds issued under the provisions of this article.
(3) BUILDING COMMISSION. The Alabama Building Commission.
(4) JUNIOR COLLEGE. An educational institution offering instruction in the arts and sciences on the level of difficulty of the first two years above high school level.
(5) ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. The total original equipment, machinery and facilities acquired and installed or stored in a trade school or junior college for purposes of instruction, operation and maintenance.
(6) STATE. The State of Alabama.
(7) TRADE SCHOOL. An educational institution offering instruction primarily in useful trades, occupations or vocational skills.
Pronouns used in this article shall be deemed to include all appropriate genders.
(Acts 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 93, p. 259, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 4 - Alabama Trade School and Junior College Authority Act. › Section 16-60-82 - Legislative Findings of Fact and Declaration of Intent.

Section 16-60-82
Legislative findings of fact and declaration of intent.
The Legislature hereby makes the following findings of fact and declares its intent to be as follows: The number of students enrolled in trade schools and colleges supported wholly or in part by the state has increased greatly during recent years. Further increases in enrollment are anticipated because of the increased rate of births, the increased need for skilled workers and other factors. In order to meet these needs and to provide residents of this state with the opportunity to receive adequate instruction in the arts and sciences and in useful skills and trades, it is imperative that junior colleges and additional trade schools be constructed, equipped and operated. The tax revenues and other funds currently available for trade schools and junior colleges are not sufficient to permit immediate outlays of the large amounts of capital necessary for such construction and equipment and at the same time to permit the State Board of Education to meet current expenses for operation and maintenance. The most feasible way in which the urgent need for the construction of buildings and the purchase of equipment can be met is by anticipating the receipt of a portion of the revenues devoted by law to educational institutions of the types known as trade schools and junior colleges by capitalizing such revenues, to the end that such revenues may be applied for retirement of the costs of such construction and equipment as such revenues are received during the useful life of said buildings and equipment. It is necessary and desirable that said revenues be anticipated in the manner hereinafter provided for the purpose of effecting the needed capital outlays. It is the intention of the Legislature by the passage of this article to authorize the formation of a public corporation for the purpose of providing for the construction and equipment of additional trade schools and junior colleges, and to make capital improvements at existing trade schools and at institutions of higher learning heretofore or hereafter established; and to authorize said corporation for that purpose to anticipate those portions of the privilege or excise tax hereinafter referred to that is required by law to be paid into the Education Trust Fund by issuing the bonds of said corporation payable out of and secured by a pledge of said portion of the said privilege or excise tax. This article shall be liberally construed in accordance with this intent.
(Act 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 93, p. 259, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 4 - Alabama Trade School and Junior College Authority Act. › Section 16-60-83 - Authorization to Form Public Corporation.

Section 16-60-83
Authorization to form public corporation.
The Governor, the Director of Finance and the State Superintendent of Education may become a public corporation with the powers hereinafter provided by proceeding according to the provisions of Section 16-60-84.
(Acts 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 93, p. 259, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 4 - Alabama Trade School and Junior College Authority Act. › Section 16-60-84 - Manner of Incorporation.

Section 16-60-84
Manner of incorporation.
To become a corporation, the Governor, the Director of Finance and the State Superintendent of Education shall present to the Secretary of State of Alabama an application signed by them which shall set forth:
(1) The name, official designation and official residence of each of the applicants, together with a certified copy of the commission evidencing each applicant's right to office;
(2) The date on which each applicant was inducted into office and the term of office of each applicant;
(3) The name of the proposed corporation, which shall be the Alabama Trade School and Junior College Authority;
(4) The location of the principal office of the proposed corporation; and
(5) Any other matter relating to the incorporation which the applicants may choose to insert and which is not inconsistent with this article or the laws of the State of Alabama.
The application shall be subscribed and sworn to by each of the applicants before an officer authorized by the laws of this state to take acknowledgments to deeds. The Secretary of State shall examine the application and, if he finds that it substantially complies with the requirements of this section, he shall receive and file it and record it in an appropriate book of records in his office.
(Acts 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 93, p. 259, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 4 - Alabama Trade School and Junior College Authority Act. › Section 16-60-85 - Issuance of Certificate of Incorporation.

Section 16-60-85
Issuance of certificate of incorporation.
When the application has been made, filed and recorded as provided in Section 16-60-84, the applicants shall constitute a corporation under the name proposed in the application, and the Secretary of State shall make and issue to the applicants a certificate of incorporation under the Great Seal of the State and shall record the certificate with the application. No fees or compensation shall be paid to the Secretary of State for any service rendered or work performed in connection with the authority, its incorporation, dissolution or records.
(Acts 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 93, p. 259, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 4 - Alabama Trade School and Junior College Authority Act. › Section 16-60-86 - Members, Officers and Proceedings of Authority.

Section 16-60-86
Members, officers and proceedings of authority.
The applicants named in the application and their respective successors in office shall constitute the members of the authority. The Governor shall be the president of the authority, the State Superintendent of Education shall be the vice-president thereof, and the Director of Finance shall be the secretary thereof. The State Treasurer shall be the treasurer of the authority, shall act as custodian of the funds of the authority and shall pay the principal of and interest on the bonds of the authority out of the funds hereinafter provided for. The members of the authority shall constitute all the members of the board of directors of the authority, and any two members of the board of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Should any person holding any state office named in this section cease to hold office by reason of death, resignation, expiration of his term of office or for any other reason, then his successor in office shall take his place as a member and officer of the authority. No member, officer or director of the authority shall draw any salary in addition to that now authorized by law for any service he may render or for any duty he may perform in connection with the authority. All proceedings had and done by the board of directors shall be reduced to writing by the secretary of the authority, shall be signed by the members of the authority and shall be recorded in a substantially bound book, which shall be kept in the office of the Secretary of State. Copies of such proceedings, when certified by the secretary of the authority, under the seal of the authority, shall be received in all courts as prima facie evidence of the matters and things therein certified.
(Acts 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 93, p. 259, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 4 - Alabama Trade School and Junior College Authority Act. › Section 16-60-87 - Powers of Authority.

Section 16-60-87
Powers of authority.
The authority shall have the following powers:
(1) To have succession by its corporate name until dissolved as hereinafter provided;
(2) To sue and be sued and to prosecute and defend in any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parties thereto;
(3) To have and to use a corporate seal and to alter the seal at pleasure;
(4) To establish a fiscal year;
(5) To provide for acquiring and improving sites for additional trade schools and junior colleges, constructing, acquiring, reconstructing, improving and altering buildings therefor and purchasing, acquiring and installing the original equipment thereof, and to make capital improvements to existing trade schools and at institutions of higher learning heretofore or hereafter established;
(6) To anticipate by the issuance of its bonds the receipt of the revenues herein appropriated and pledged;
(7) As security for the payment of the principal of and interest on its bonds, to pledge the proceeds of the appropriations and pledges herein provided for; and
(8) To appoint and employ such attorneys and agents as the business of the authority may require.
(Acts 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 93, p. 259, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 4 - Alabama Trade School and Junior College Authority Act. › Section 16-60-88 - Determining Location of Trade Schools and Junior Colleges; Site Must Be Donated.

Section 16-60-88
Determining location of trade schools and junior colleges; site must be donated.
The location of each new trade school or junior college for which the authority provides funds shall be determined by the State Board of Education after consideration of the needs of industry for particular skills in the area under consideration, the convenience and accessibility of the location to labor markets and to potential students or applicants for training, an estimate of the number of potential students or applicants in the area and such other factors as might demonstrate the existence of a need for a trade school or junior college in such area. No funds of the authority shall be expended for the acquisition of sites or existing buildings, but nothing herein contained shall be construed to prohibit the use of funds of the authority for the purpose of improving sites or reconstructing, altering or improving buildings donated to the authority. No such trade school or junior college shall be built on a site other than one donated to the authority.
(Acts 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 93, p. 259, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 4 - Alabama Trade School and Junior College Authority Act. › Section 16-60-89 - Expenditures for Building and Equipping Trade Schools and Junior Colleges; Competitive Bidding; Approval of Plans.

Section 16-60-89
Expenditures for building and equipping trade schools and junior colleges; competitive bidding; approval of plans.
All contracts entered into by the authority involving the expenditure of funds in the preparation of plans and specifications, and all work done with respect to the construction of buildings involving the expenditure of funds of the authority shall be let on competitive bids in the same manner and according to the same procedure as contracts for public works are awarded as prescribed in Sections 39-2-1 through 39-2-13.
The preparation of all plans and specifications for any building constructed wholly or in part with any of the money, and all work done hereunder in regard to the construction, reconstruction, alteration and improvement of buildings shall be supervised by the Alabama Building Commission, or any agency that may be designated by the Legislature as its successor. The authority and the Building Commission shall agree to a construction cost estimate for each building constructed wholly or in part with any of the funds provided for in this article, and the authority shall reimburse the Building Commission for its reasonable direct costs in having plans, specifications and contract documents prepared and in supervising and inspecting the work.
The authority shall purchase and install the original equipment necessary to place each such additional trade school and junior college in a condition of efficient operation. Such equipment shall be purchased on the basis of competitive bidding, to be conducted in the same manner and according to the same procedure as provided for state purchases in Sections 41-16-20 through 41-16-32; except, that the purchasing procedure shall be conducted by the authority instead of the state Purchasing Agent.
Not more than $1,500,000.00 shall be expended by the authority with respect to any one trade school or junior college.
(Acts 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 93, p. 259, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 4 - Alabama Trade School and Junior College Authority Act. › Section 16-60-90 - Authorization to Issue Bonds.

Section 16-60-90
Authorization to issue bonds.
The authority may from time to time sell and issue its bonds, not exceeding $15,000,000.00 in aggregate principal amount, for the purpose of providing funds for the construction and equipment of trade schools and junior colleges, including the improvement of sites therefor, the construction of buildings and the reconstruction, improvement and alteration of existing buildings therefor and the acquisition, purchase and installation of original equipment therefor. No part of the proceeds from the sale of the bonds may be used to pay the cost of the acquisition, by purchase or otherwise, of real estate to be used as a site for any such school or college or any building connected therewith or the acquisition, by purchase or otherwise, of any existing building.
(Acts 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 93, p. 259, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 4 - Alabama Trade School and Junior College Authority Act. › Section 16-60-92 - Refunding Bonds.

Section 16-60-92
Refunding bonds.
The authority may from time to time issue refunding bonds for the purpose of refunding any matured or unmatured bonds of the authority then outstanding. Any premium that may be necessary to redeem or retire the bonds to be refunded and all expenses of issuing the refunding bonds may be paid out of the proceeds from the sale of the refunding bonds. The principal of the refunding bonds shall not exceed the principal of the bonds to be refunded plus any such premium and expenses. If the total of the principal and interest maturing with respect to any refunding bonds, during each fiscal year in which any of the bonds secured on a parity with the bonds to be refunded have a stated maturity, does not exceed the total of the principal and interest that would have matured during the same fiscal year on the said bonds to be refunded, then the refunding bonds shall be subrogated and entitled to all priorities, rights and pledges to which the bonds refunded thereby were entitled. Except in cases covered by the preceding sentence, all pledges for the benefit of refunding bonds shall be subject to pledges theretofore made for the benefit of all bonds of the authority then outstanding. All the provisions of Section 16-60-91 shall apply to the refunding bonds issued under this article.
(Acts 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 93, p. 259, §12.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 4 - Alabama Trade School and Junior College Authority Act. › Section 16-60-93 - Deposit of and Disbursements From Proceeds of Bonds.

Section 16-60-93
Deposit of and disbursements from proceeds of bonds.
The proceeds of all bonds, other than refunding bonds, issued by the authority remaining after paying expenses of their issuance shall be deposited in the State Treasury and shall be carried in the State Treasury in a special or separate account. Such funds shall be subject to be drawn upon by the authority and shall be used solely for the purposes for which the bonds were issued as authorized in this article.
(Acts 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 93, p. 259, §13.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 4 - Alabama Trade School and Junior College Authority Act. › Section 16-60-94 - Revenues of Authority.

Section 16-60-94
Revenues of authority.
For the purpose of providing funds to enable the authority to pay at their respective maturities the principal of and interest on all bonds issued by it under the provisions of this article, and to accomplish the objects of its creation, there is hereby irrevocably pledged to such purpose and hereby appropriated such amount of money as may be necessary for said purpose out of the residue of the receipts from the privilege or excise tax levied by Section 28-3-181, after there shall have been taken from said receipts the amounts necessary to meet all prior charges thereon, including the amounts specified in subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection (c) of Section 28-3-181, said residue constituting that portion of the receipts from the said tax that is now required by law to be paid into the Education Trust Fund. The moneys hereby appropriated and pledged shall constitute a sinking fund for the purpose of paying the principal of and the interest on the bonds of the authority.
(Acts 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 93, p. 259, §14.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 4 - Alabama Trade School and Junior College Authority Act. › Section 16-60-95 - Disbursement of Funds.

Section 16-60-95
Disbursement of funds.
Out of the revenues appropriated and pledged in Section 16-60-94, the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds issued by the authority under the provisions of this article, as such principal and interest shall respectively mature, and the State Treasurer is further authorized and directed to set up and maintain appropriate records pertaining thereto.
(Acts 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 93, p. 259, §15.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 4 - Alabama Trade School and Junior College Authority Act. › Section 16-60-96 - Dissolution of Authority.

Section 16-60-96
Dissolution of authority.
At any time when no bonds of the authority 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 members of the authority and sworn to by each member before an officer authorized to take acknowledgments to deeds. Upon the filing of such 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 office, and shall make and issue, under the Great Seal of the State, a certificate that the authority is dissolved and shall record such 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.
(Acts 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 93, p. 259, §16.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 5 - Management and Control of Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Section 16-60-110 - Definitions.

Section 16-60-110
Definitions.
(a) The Legislature finds and determines all of the following:
(1) That it is necessary to the welfare of the state that it provide workforce development initiatives that are responsive to industry needs from highly specialized training programs that help prepare entry level employees to meet growing demands.
(2) That the needs of the citizens, businesses, and industries of the state are best served by a unified system of institutions and programs delivering excellence in academic education, adult education, and workforce development.
(3) That a unified system is best supported and supervised by a board of trustees devoted solely to providing the best possible facilities, teaching, and instruction through the Alabama Community College System.
(4) That high quality, affordable, local educational opportunities for students to obtain associate's degrees and to prepare for continuing their education at four-year institutions have been a hallmark of Alabama's two-year college system since its inception, that the board of trustees created by this article is charged with maintaining and building upon those options to ensure that a college education remains affordable for all Alabama families.
(b) For purposes of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the respective meaning ascribed to them by this section:
(1) ALABAMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM. The state-supported system of community and technical colleges formerly operating under the supervision of the State Board of Education, including individual institutions, system-wide programs, other related organizations, and central operations.
(2) BOARD. The Board of Trustees of the Alabama Community College System.
(3) CHANCELLOR. The chief executive officer of the Alabama Community College System.
(4) COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES. The publicly supported two-year schools established as community colleges, junior colleges, technical colleges, and trade schools previously under the authority of the State Board of Education.
(Acts 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 94, p. 268, §1; Acts 1982, No. 82-486, p. 805, §1; Act 2012-497, p. 1460, §1; Act 2015-125, §§1, 2.)