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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 70A - Expedited Quiet Title and Foreclosure Actions in Class 3 Municipalities. › Section 11-70A-9 - Appeal.

Section 11-70A-9
Appeal.
A municipality or interested party may, within 42 days following the effective date of the judgment, appeal the judgment of the circuit court to the Court of Civil Appeals. Any party appealing from an order vesting title in the municipality shall, as a condition of the appeal, identify the parcel which is the subject of the appeal and, with respect to that parcel, post a bond with at least one solvent surety in the amount due to redeem the property under Chapter 10, Title 40. The appeal shall stay the order of the circuit court only with respect to each parcel identified as the subject of the appeal. The order of the circuit court shall be affirmed absent a defect in the identification of the property or in the notice such that the notice deprived a party of the right to due process of law. The order shall not be reversed on the basis of merely technical noncompliance with this section.
(Act 2012-517, p. 1533, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 70A - Expedited Quiet Title and Foreclosure Actions in Class 3 Municipalities. › Section 11-70A-10 - Record of Order.

Section 11-70A-10
Record of order.
The municipality shall record the court's order in the probate court following the 42-day period after the entry of the order if no appeal is filed or after a final judgment on appeal from the decision of the circuit court on the municipality's petition for an expedited quiet title and foreclosure action.
(Act 2012-517, p. 1533, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 71 - The Neighborhood Infrastructure Incentive Plan Act of 2011. › Section 11-71-1 - Legislative Findings.

Section 11-71-1
Legislative findings.
The Legislature makes the following statements and findings:
(1) Cities have hundreds of miles of roads and streets located in subdivisions that are in need of upgrades or additions. These upgrades or additions are behind schedule and at the current rate will take considerably more years to complete, if ever. These upgrades or additions include, but are not limited to, sanitary sewer, drainage, curb and gutter, sidewalk, underground power, and asphalt overlaying.
(2) Homeowners and business owners would benefit from the voluntary formation of neighborhood infrastructure authorities to oversee and finance infrastructure projects through an assessment basis.
(3) An effective neighborhood infrastructure program would have the following benefits:
a. Jobs would be created.
b. Property values would be stabilized and/or increased.
c. Upgrade and additional work would be expedited.
d. Savings would be created for the city.
e. Revenues would be created for city, state, and federal governments.
(Act 2011-689, p. 2105, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 71 - The Neighborhood Infrastructure Incentive Plan Act of 2011. › Section 11-71-2 - Short Title; Definitions.

Section 11-71-2
Short title; definitions.
(a) This chapter shall be known as and may be cited as "The Neighborhood Infrastructure Incentive Plan Act of 2011."
(b) For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) ASSESSMENTS. Voluntary assessments paid by property owners in an authority created pursuant to this chapter.
(2) AUTHORITY. A Local Neighborhood Infrastructure Authority formed by homeowners or business owners pursuant to this chapter, exercising the powers granted in this chapter.
(3) BOARD. The board of directors of an authority.
(4) MUNICIPALITY. The municipality within which homeowners or business owners form an authority, and which must give approval for the formation of an authority and appoint a board of trustees to administer the authority.
(5) INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT or PROJECT. An infrastructure project that would allow homeowners and business owners located in an authority to make certain improvements, additions, and upgrades to streets and utilities in their local neighborhoods. Infrastructure projects shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
a. Resurfacing existing streets.
b. Sidewalks.
c. Sewer installation.
d. Fire protection (i.e., hydrants and mains).
e. Domestic water service.
f. Underground utilities.
g. Concrete curb and gutter.
h. Drainage improvements.
i. Paving dirt roads.
j. Engineering and consulting and associated costs for financing fees.
(Act 2011-689, p. 2105, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 71 - The Neighborhood Infrastructure Incentive Plan Act of 2011. › Section 11-71-5 - Liability; Civil Actions.

Section 11-71-5
Liability; civil actions.
(a) Authorities, members of boards of directors, officers, and agents of the authority shall have the same immunity from liability as a municipality and its officers unless their actions are unreasonable when compared to that of a similarly situated individual, or the actions are wanton, willful, or intentional. Subject to the previous sentence, no civil action may be brought or maintained against the authority or any director thereof for or on account of the negligence of an authority or director or its or his or her agents, servants, or employees in or about the construction, acquisition, installation, maintenance, operation, superintendence, or management of any facility or other improvement owned, controlled, maintained, or managed by the authority.
(b) No civil action may be maintained against a municipality, its officers, servants, employees, or agents relating to any facility built by an authority or to any other project owned, controlled, maintained, or managed by an authority unless the individuals' actions were unreasonable when compared to that of a similarly situated individual, or such acts were wanton, willful, or intentional.
(Act 2011-689, p. 2105, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 71 - The Neighborhood Infrastructure Incentive Plan Act of 2011. › Section 11-71-6 - Terms of Office; Vacancies.

Section 11-71-6
Terms of office; vacancies.
(a) Initial members of the board shall serve terms of office of four years, or until dissolution of the authority, whichever is sooner. Upon the expiration of the initial term of office of any member of the board, the person shall remain a member of the board until his or her successor has been duly elected at an election of a majority of the authority members. Successors' terms of office shall be four years or until dissolution of the authority, whichever is sooner.
(b) A vacancy on the board shall be filled in the same manner as the vacating member was initially elected.
(Act 2011-689, p. 2105, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 71 - The Neighborhood Infrastructure Incentive Plan Act of 2011. › Section 11-71-7 - Contracts; Funding.

Section 11-71-7
Contracts; funding.
(a) Upon the making of the preliminary assessments, the authority shall prepare contracts and shall contract on a competitively bid basis for the acquisition, construction, or installation of all projects as specified in the petition.
(b) Because authority infrastructure projects are paid from assessments of members of the authority, no public funds may be utilized and projects shall be exempt from state bidding law, but projects should be competitively bid.
(c) The authority may not contract for and commence the acquisition, construction, or installation of one or more projects or a portion of one or more projects in advance of a preliminary or final assessment being collected.
(Act 2011-689, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 71 - The Neighborhood Infrastructure Incentive Plan Act of 2011. › Section 11-71-8 - Refunding of Excess Funds.

Section 11-71-8
Refunding of excess funds.
Following the completion of the acquisition, construction, or installation of the projects, if there are excess funds from assessments, after fully funding all reserves and contingency funds, the excess funds shall be refunded in a manner determined to be equitable by the board, or as otherwise provided in the board's proceedings with respect to its bylaws.
(Act 2011-689, p. 2105, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 71 - The Neighborhood Infrastructure Incentive Plan Act of 2011. › Section 11-71-9 - Dedication of Facilities and Projects.

Section 11-71-9
Dedication of facilities and projects.
Following completion of all projects of an authority and the dedication of the projects and related facilities, the municipality must formally accept the dedication of such facility and projects.
(Act 2011-689, p. 2105, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 71 - The Neighborhood Infrastructure Incentive Plan Act of 2011. › Section 11-71-10 - Dissolution and Liquidation of Authority.

Section 11-71-10
Dissolution and liquidation of authority.
If at any time an authority has no assessments outstanding, and has paid all its indebtedness, and distributed any excess funds, the board may adopt a resolution recommending to the municipality that the authority be dissolved and liquidated. Upon delivery of a copy of the resolution to the municipality, if it considers it expedient, the municipality may adopt a resolution declaring the authority dissolved. Upon declaring the authority dissolved, the authority shall dedicate the facilities and revitalization projects to the municipality. The municipality must formally accept such dedicated facilities and projects before it agrees to assume the legal obligation to maintain the facilities and projects.
(Act 2011-689, p. 2105, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 71 - The Neighborhood Infrastructure Incentive Plan Act of 2011. › Section 11-71-11 - Income Tax Credit.

Section 11-71-11
Income tax credit.
Each homeowner and business assessed pursuant to this chapter, beginning in the 2012 tax year, shall be eligible for an income tax credit of 10 percent of the amount of assessment paid, not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) credit in any tax year, for a period not exceeding 10 successive tax years.
(Act 2011-689, p. 2105, §11.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 71 - The Neighborhood Infrastructure Incentive Plan Act of 2011. › Section 11-71-12 - Expiration of Chapter.

Section 11-71-12
Expiration of chapter.
This chapter shall automatically expire December 31, 2015, unless specifically extended by an act of the Legislature; however, all authorities in existence as of December 31, 2015, shall continue in existence until all existing projects of the authority are completed and the authority seeks dissolution.
(Act 2011-689, p. 2105, §12.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 72 - Tree Commission in Class 2 Municipality. › Section 11-72-1 - Short Title; Legislative Findings.

Section 11-72-1
Short title; legislative findings.
(a) This chapter shall apply only in a Class 2 municipality.
(b) It is hereby declared that the trees on private property and in publicly owned areas within a Class 2 municipality, including particularly those in street rights-of-way, are both an economic and an aesthetic asset to the Class 2 municipality and the State of Alabama; that the existing trees so located are in need of protection and of active measures to support their health and growth, that it is desirable that additional trees be planted, and that those ends require a separate entity specifically charged with the responsibility and duty of fostering the planting, growth, and protection of trees on private property and publicly owned areas.
(Act 2015-116, §§1, 2(1).)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 72 - Tree Commission in Class 2 Municipality. › Section 11-72-2 - Creation; Composition.

Section 11-72-2
Creation; composition.
There is created a Tree Commission within each Class 2 municipality, to consist of the same number of members as the number of members of the city council each member to be appointed by the city council of the Class 2 municipality.
The city council of the Class 2 municipality shall make the appointments to the commission within a reasonable time after May 5, 2015. Each member of the commission shall serve at the pleasure of the city council. Members serving on the commission on May 5, 2015, shall be eligible for appointment by the city council of the Class 2 municipality. Commissioners shall serve until a successor takes office, and any vacancies shall be filled by appointment.
(Act 2015-116, §2(2).)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 72 - Tree Commission in Class 2 Municipality. › Section 11-72-3 - Compensation; Officers.

Section 11-72-3
Compensation; officers.
Members of the commission shall serve without salary or remuneration. They shall annually elect from among their number a chair, a vice chair, a secretary, and a treasurer.
(Act 2015-116, §2(3).)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 72 - Tree Commission in Class 2 Municipality. › Section 11-72-4 - Funding.

Section 11-72-4
Funding.
The commission is authorized to accept contributions and to expend the same for the purposes of carrying out its duties and obligation imposed by this chapter.
(Act 2015-116, §2(4).)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 72 - Tree Commission in Class 2 Municipality. › Section 11-72-5 - Ownership and Maintenance of Trees.

Section 11-72-5
Ownership and maintenance of trees.
The Class 2 municipality and other governmental subdivisions and agencies of the state, shall continue to be the owners of and, subject to the provisions hereof, continue to be responsible for the maintenance of and care for all trees on publicly owned property, and the Tree Commission shall have no duties other than those specifically provided in the chapter.
(Act 2015-116, §2(5).)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 72 - Tree Commission in Class 2 Municipality. › Section 11-72-6 - Departmental Cooperation.

Section 11-72-6
Departmental cooperation.
The Tree Commission shall cooperate with and coordinate its activities with the Public Works Department, the Department of Parks and Recreation, and other departments of the Class 2 municipality. All departments of the Class 2 municipality shall cooperate with the Tree Commission.
(Act 2015-116, §2(6).)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 72 - Tree Commission in Class 2 Municipality. › Section 11-72-7 - Duties of the Commission.

Section 11-72-7
Duties of the commission.
The commission shall take active steps to do each of the following:
(1) Educate the public as to the economic and aesthetic benefits of trees to the Class 2 municipality and its citizens, both on publicly owned property and privately owned property.
(2) Promote the planting, health, and growth of trees in the Class 2 municipality, with the particular objective of establishing and protecting avenues of live oak trees and other trees deemed suitable by the commission.
(3) Promote the care, feeding, fertilization, and other measures desirable for the health and growth of existing trees in street rights-of-way in the Class 2 municipality.
(4) Protect trees located in street rights-of-way in the Class 2 municipality from damage, removal, lack of sustenance, or any other act or condition which might threaten the health and growth of such trees.
(Act 2015-116, §2(7).)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 72 - Tree Commission in Class 2 Municipality. › Section 11-72-8 - Powers of the Commission; Recordkeeping.

Section 11-72-8
Powers of the commission; recordkeeping.
(a) The commission may do all of the following:
(1) Adopt bylaws and rules and regulations pursuant to this chapter.
(2) Meet at least once each month and specially as it deems necessary and as provided in the bylaws.
(3) Provide printed forms to be used as shall be necessary to govern its proceedings and to effectuate the provisions of this chapter.
(4) Cause studies to be made as it deems necessary.
(5) Perform its functions directly through its own agents or employees, or may contract with others for specific or general services to carry out its purposes hereunder.
(b) It shall keep a record of its proceedings and a register of all applications made to it and its action thereon, all of which shall be public records.
(Act 2015-116, §2(8).)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 72 - Tree Commission in Class 2 Municipality. › Section 11-72-9 - Application and Permission to Cut, Remove, Trim, etc.; Emergency Exceptions

Section 11-72-9
Application and permission to cut, remove, trim, etc.; emergency exceptions
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), no person shall cut, remove, trim, or in any way damage any tree in any street right-of-way in the Class 2 municipality or create any condition injurious to any tree without having first made a written application so to do to the commission and having obtained advance written permission from the commission. Any governmental body or utility may, by filing an application accompanied by a certificate as hereinafter provided, obtain a continuing permission to trim, cut, or remove at any time any trees in any area described in its application for such permission. The form of application shall be as established by the commission, and the commission may delegate to one or more of its members or officers the power to grant such permission in accordance with standards set by it. The commission may in its discretion hold public hearings on any application and may approve part of an application or may approve an application upon terms and conditions as the commission may establish. In considering any application before it, the commission shall base its decision on whether the public and private benefit that will result from granting the application outweighs the public and private benefit that will result from denying it. In the event the mayor of the Class 2 municipality or public utility shall certify to the commissioners that it desires to trim, cut, or remove trees and that it is or may become reasonably necessary to do so to prevent a public hazard or to provide efficient or economical service to the public, then such certificate shall be conclusive evidence for the approval of the application, and the commission shall approve the same, and there shall be no appeal from such approval except as provided in Section 11-72-10.
(b) During a declared emergency or to eliminate an imminent danger to life, health, property, or the environment, or as required for the repair or restoration of service, a utility or utility contractor may cut, remove, or trim trees in any street right-of-way in a Class 2 municipality without having obtained advance permission from the commission.
(Act 2015-116, §2(9).)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 72 - Tree Commission in Class 2 Municipality. › Section 11-72-10 - Appeals.

Section 11-72-10
Appeals.
Any person aggrieved by any decision of any officer or agent of the commission to whom its duties are delegated, or of any decision of the commission may appeal to the city council of the Class 2 municipality under any such rules and regulation as the city council may adopt. Any person aggrieved by any decision of the city council may, within 15 days thereafter, appeal to the circuit court of the county in which the Class 2 municipality is located, by filing with the city council a written notice of appeal and making and filing with the clerk of the court a bond approved by the clerk conditioned to pay the costs of the appeal. The hearing and trial in the circuit court shall be de novo. No appeal shall authorize any person to take any action pending appeal, application for which has been denied by the Tree Commission or city council.
(Act 2015-116, §2(10).)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 72 - Tree Commission in Class 2 Municipality. › Section 11-72-11 - Violations.

Section 11-72-11
Violations.
Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.
(Act 2015-116, §2(11).)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 73 - Low Speed Vehicle Operation on Streets › Section 11-73-1 - Operation of Low-Speed Vehicles on Roads and Streets of Class 2 Municipalities - Applicability.

Section 11-73-1
Operation of low-speed vehicles on roads and streets of Class 2 municipalities - Applicability.
This chapter shall only apply in Class 2 municipalities.
(Act 2017-150, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 73 - Low Speed Vehicle Operation on Streets › Section 11-73-2 - Operation of Low-Speed Vehicles on Roads and Streets of Class 2 Municipalities - Authorized.

Section 11-73-2
Operation of low-speed vehicles on roads and streets of Class 2 municipalities - Authorized.
The governing body of any Class 2 municipality, by ordinance, may authorize the operation of low-speed vehicles upon the roads and streets of the municipality under limited circumstances and conditions.
(Act 2017-150, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 73 - Low Speed Vehicle Operation on Streets › Section 11-73-3 - Operation of Low-Speed Vehicles on Roads and Streets of Class 2 Municipalities - Determination of Appropriate Roads and Streets.

Section 11-73-3
Operation of low-speed vehicles on roads and streets of Class 2 municipalities - Determination of appropriate roads and streets.
The municipality, by ordinance, may determine the appropriate municipal roads and streets upon which low-speed vehicles may be operated.
(Act 2017-150, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 73 - Low Speed Vehicle Operation on Streets › Section 11-73-4 - Operation of Low-Speed Vehicles on Roads and Streets of Class 2 Municipalities - Conditions.

Section 11-73-4
Operation of low-speed vehicles on roads and streets of Class 2 municipalities - Conditions.
A low-speed vehicle may only be operated on any public roads or streets under the following conditions:
(1) The vehicle may not be operated on a public road or street by any person other than a licensed driver.
(2) The vehicle may be operated only during the hours between sunrise and sunset, unless the municipality has determined that a low-speed vehicle may be operated between sunset and sunrise and the vehicle is equipped with headlights, brake lights, turn signals, and a windshield.
(3) The vehicle is certified as meeting all federal and state laws, rules, and regulations governing safety, emissions, and antitheft standards, including the safety standards provided in 49 C.F.R. Section 571.500.
(4) The vehicle has a 17-digit vehicle identification number which conforms to National Highway Safety and Traffic Administration standards, the manufacturer's statement of origin states that the vehicle complies with the safety standards for a low-speed vehicle or that the vehicle complies with 49 C.F.R. Section 571.500, and the vehicle has affixed thereto a decal certifying that the vehicle meets these safety standards.
(5) The vehicle has a current license plate issued by the license plate issuing official.
(Act 2017-150, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 73 - Low Speed Vehicle Operation on Streets › Section 11-73-5 - Operation of Low-Speed Vehicles on Roads and Streets of Class 2 Municipalities - Crossing Part of State Highway System.

Section 11-73-5
Operation of low-speed vehicles on roads and streets of Class 2 municipalities - Crossing part of state highway system.
A low-speed vehicle may cross a part of a state highway system only if both of the following conditions are met:
(1) The state highway intersects a municipal street that has been designated for use by low-speed vehicles.
(2) The state Department of Transportation has reviewed and approved the location and design of the crossing and any traffic control devices needed for safety purposes.
(Act 2017-150, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 73 - Low Speed Vehicle Operation on Streets › Section 11-73-6 - Operation of Low-Speed Vehicles on Roads and Streets of Class 2 Municipalities - Definitions.

Section 11-73-6
Operation of low-speed vehicles on roads and streets of Class 2 municipalities - Definitions.
For purposes of this chapter, a low-speed vehicle is defined as a four-wheeled motor vehicle with a top speed not greater than 25 miles per hour, which has a gross vehicle weight rating of less than 3,000 pounds, and is certified as complying with the safety standards of 49 C.F.R. Section 571.500.
(Act 2017-150, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 73 - Low Speed Vehicle Operation on Streets › Section 11-73-7 - Operation of Low-Speed Vehicles on Roads and Streets of Class 2 Municipalities - Violations.

Section 11-73-7
Operation of low-speed vehicles on roads and streets of Class 2 municipalities - Violations.
Any Class 2 municipality may impose appropriate penalties for any violation of this chapter or the local ordinance adopted pursuant to this chapter.
(Act 2017-150, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 74 › Section 11-74-2 - Definitions.

Section 11-74-2
Definitions.
For purposes of this chapter, "Africatown Historic District" means all portions of that area designated as the Africatown Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places lying within the corporate limits of a Class 2 municipality.
(Act 2021-193, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 74 › Section 11-74-4 - Powers of Corporation.

Section 11-74-4
Powers of corporation.
The corporation may do the following, with or without public hearing, within the Africatown area:
(1) Acquire by purchase, rent, lease agreement, or otherwise, necessary facilities and provide those facilities with necessary equipment, furnishings, landscaping, and related facilities, including parking areas and ramps, roadways, sewers, curbs, and gutters.
(2) Finance, by loan, grant, lease, or otherwise, construct, erect, assemble, purchase, acquire, own, repair, remodel, renovate, rehabilitate, modify, maintain, extend, improve, install, sell, equip, expand, add to, operate, or manage property, and pay the cost of any such project from the proceeds of bonds, or any other funds of the corporation, or from any contributions or loans by persons, corporations, partnerships, limited or general, or other entities, all of which the corporation may receive and accept and use.
(3) Execute and deliver mortgages and deeds of trust and trust indentures, or either.
(4) Enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with and, directly or indirectly, borrow money or accept grants from the local, state, and federal governments, agencies of the governments, private individuals, corporations, associations, and other organizations as the corporation may deem necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
(5) Borrow money and issue bonds in evidence thereof, as necessary to perform its duties under this chapter.
(6) Mortgage and pledge any or all of its property or any part or parts thereof, as security for the payment of the principal of and interest on any bonds so issued and any agreements made in connection therewith, whether then owned or thereafter acquired, and to pledge the revenues and receipts therefrom or from any thereof.
(7) Accept public or private gifts, grants, and donations.
(8) Acquire property by purchase, lease, or gift.
(9) Sell, convey, transfer, lease, or donate any property, franchise, grant, easement, license, or lease or interest therein which it may own and transfer, assign, sell, convey, or donate any right, title, or interest which it may have in any lease, contract, agreement, license, or property.
(10) Employ personnel as may be necessary or convenient to accomplish the purposes of this chapter. The personnel employed by the corporation shall serve at the pleasure of the board of directors. The board of directors shall fix the compensation of the personnel, and the compensation shall be paid from any funds of the corporation. The board of directors shall designate the duties of the personnel.
(11) Perform other acts necessary or incidental to the accomplishment of the purposes of this chapter, and other acts, including, but not limited to, the employment of legal and accounting assistance, whether or not the acts are specifically authorized by this chapter, and provided that the acts are not otherwise prohibited by law.
(Act 2021-193, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 74 › Section 11-74-5 - Agreements and Obligations; Exemptions From Taxation and Competitive Bid Requirements.

Section 11-74-5
Agreements and obligations; exemptions from taxation and competitive bid requirements.
(a) The state or any political subdivision shall not in any event be liable for the payment of the principal of or interest on any bonds of the corporation or for the performance of any pledge, mortgage, obligation, or agreement of any kind whatsoever which may be undertaken by the corporation, and none of the bonds of the corporation or any of its agreements or obligations shall be construed to constitute an indebtedness of the state or any political subdivision within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory provision whatsoever.
(b) The corporation and the property and income of the corporation, whether used by it or leased to others; all bonds issued by the corporation, whether used by it or leased to others; all bonds issued by the corporation; the income from those bonds or from any other sources; the interest and other profits from such bonds enuring to and received by the holders thereof; conveyances by and to the corporation; and leases, mortgages, and deeds of trust by and to the corporation shall be exempt from all taxation in the state.
(c) The corporation shall be exempt from all laws of the state requiring competitive bids for contracts to be entered into by municipalities or public corporations.
(Act 2021-193, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 80 - General Provisions. › Section 11-80-2 - Relocation Assistance for Persons Displaced by Acquisition of Real Property Under Local Land Acquisition Programs.

Section 11-80-2
Relocation assistance for persons displaced by acquisition of real property under local land acquisition programs.
(a) The incorporated municipalities and counties of this state are hereby empowered to provide relocation assistance to persons displaced by the acquisition of real property by local land acquisition programs and to comply with the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisitions Policies Act of 1970, Public Law 91-646, Title 2, §§207 and 210, 84 Stat. 1898 and 1899, 42 USCA, §§4627 and 4630, and the requirements and regulations thereunder. Such incorporated municipalities and counties are empowered to appropriate public funds to provide such relocation assistance and to comply with the requirements of such act and the requirements and regulations thereunder in connection with projects financed in whole or in part by federal funds. The incorporated municipalities and counties of this state may exercise the authority granted hereunder by enactment of appropriate resolutions or ordinances to establish criteria for providing such relocation assistance.
(b) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as creating, in any condemnation proceedings brought under the power of eminent domain, any element of damages not in existence on March 10, 1975.
(Acts 1975, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 77, p. 205.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 80 - General Provisions. › Section 11-80-3 - Contracts Between Counties and Municipalities as to Use and Occupation, etc., of Public Buildings Located in Municipalities.

Section 11-80-3
Contracts between counties and municipalities as to use and occupation, etc., of public buildings located in municipalities.
Municipalities and counties may contract with each other for the ownership or use and occupation of parts of city halls, city jails, county courthouses, and county jails or other public buildings held and owned by such municipalities or counties located within such municipalities, and any such contract shall be binding upon both the municipality and county until revoked by the joint agreement and action of both parties to such contract. Any and all easements acquired under this section shall be in every respect binding between the parties.
(Code 1923, §2317; Code 1940, T. 37, §471.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 80 - General Provisions. › Section 11-80-4 - Appropriations for Municipal Bands, Etc.

Section 11-80-4
Appropriations for municipal bands, etc.
The counties, cities, and towns in the State of Alabama may appropriate moneys out of their general funds for the maintenance and support of municipal bands and other musical organizations for public entertainment.
(Acts 1919, No. 751, p. 1113; Code 1923, §2056; Code 1940, T. 37, §473.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 80 - General Provisions. › Section 11-80-4.1 - Appropriations and Contributions to Community Action Agencies.

Section 11-80-4.1
Appropriations and contributions to community action agencies.
(a) County and municipal governments in Alabama are hereby authorized to appropriate from the general fund of the county or municipality, or from federal revenue sharing funds of the county or municipality, funds to community action agencies authorized to administer grants and contracts in their areas. These funds may be used to match grant funds and contract funds from the federal government, state government, planning and development commissions, and other public and private organizations where local matching funds are required for the delivery of social services.
(b) County and municipal governments in Alabama are authorized to contribute to community action agencies in-kind services such as space, equipment, personnel and other resources which can be fairly evaluated as matching funds for the same purposes as stated in subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Community action agencies eligible to receive county and municipal funds may be organized as public agencies or public non-profit or private non-profit corporations as authorized by the local government jurisdictions.
(Acts 1980, No. 80-767, p. 1597.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 80 - General Provisions. › Section 11-80-5 - Planning, Establishment, Administration, etc., of Recreational, Social and Cultural Facilities, Services, etc., for Senior Citizens.

Section 11-80-5
Planning, establishment, administration, etc., of recreational, social and cultural facilities, services, etc., for senior citizens.
The counties and municipalities of this state are hereby authorized to plan, establish, and furnish recreational, social and cultural facilities, services and programs, including transportation services and programs, especially for senior citizens within the state, and to make the availability of benefits through use of such facilities, services or programs depend upon uniform nondiscriminatory eligibility requirements. In availing itself of this authority any county or municipality within the state may agree to and abide by the conditions of any grant from any agency of the state or the United States government pertaining to such facilities, services, and programs. Such services may be administered by and through such instrumentality or instrumentalities as may be designated for that purpose by the governing body of such county or municipality and may also be furnished by each such entity or on a multijurisdictional basis through mutual agreements between two or more such entities and also by contract with such public or private agencies as may be determined by such governing bodies as necessary or desirable.
(Acts 1976, No. 399, p. 503.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 80 - General Provisions. › Section 11-80-7 - Authority of Municipalities, Counties, Public Corporations, Boards of Education, etc., With Respect to Letters of Credit as Security for Bonds, Notes, Etc.

Section 11-80-7
Authority of municipalities, counties, public corporations, boards of education, etc., with respect to letters of credit as security for bonds, notes, etc.
Any municipality, county, public corporation, city or county board of education, the State Board of Education, or any other entity organized pursuant to authorization, determination finding or other action by any municipality or municipalities, or county or counties, or the governing body of any one or more thereof, or any public officer or officers of the State of Alabama, is hereby authorized:
(1) To acquire a letter or letters of credit as security for any bonds, notes, warrants, or other evidences of indebtedness or securities;
(2) To pledge such letter or letters for the benefit of such bonds, notes, warrants, or other evidences of indebtedness or securities;
(3) To pay the premium or premiums on such letter or letters from the proceeds of any such bonds, notes, warrants, or other evidences of indebtedness or securities;
(4) To enter into such agreements, contracts, and indentures with respect to such letter or letters as the governing body of the purchaser of the letter or letters shall deem necessary or desirable; and
(5) To grant security with respect to such letter or letters.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-501, p. 831.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 80 - General Provisions. › Section 11-80-8.1 - Enactment of Ordinances, Resolutions, etc., Controlling Rent Charged for Leasing Private Property Prohibited.

Section 11-80-8.1
Enactment of ordinances, resolutions, etc., controlling rent charged for leasing private property prohibited.
(a) As used in this section, "local governmental unit" means any political subdivision of this state including, but not limited to, a county, city, town, or municipality, if the political subdivision provides local government services in a geographically limited area of this state as its primary purpose and it has the power to act primarily on behalf of that area.
(b) A local governmental unit shall not enact, maintain, or enforce an ordinance, resolution, or rule that would have the effect of controlling the amount of rent charged for leasing private property. This section does not impair the right of any local governmental unit to manage and control property in which the local governmental unit has a property interest.
(Acts 1993, No. 93-421, p. 707, §§1, 2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 80 - General Provisions. › Section 11-80-9 - Assistance to Governing Body of Municipality or County When Municipality or County Declared Disaster Area; Procedure; Mutual Aid Agreements.

Section 11-80-9
Assistance to governing body of municipality or county when municipality or county declared disaster area; procedure; mutual aid agreements.
(a) The governing body of each incorporated municipality and the county commission of each county of the state is hereby authorized to provide assistance, by means of gift or loan, to the governing body of any other municipality or county located within the state when such county or municipality has been declared a disaster area by the Governor of the State of Alabama or by the President of the United States. Such assistance may be in the form of funds not otherwise appropriated, services, or other aid as determined by the governing body of the municipality or county offering assistance. The terms upon which assistance is offered should be mutually agreed upon, reduced to writing, and approved by the governing bodies of both the assisting county or municipality and the recipient county or municipality.
(b) Nothing herein shall restrict or affect in any manner mutual aid agreements heretofore or hereafter entered into by municipalities and/or counties for the purpose of disaster assistance.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-209, p. 391, §§1, 2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 80 - General Provisions. › Section 11-80-10 - Licensing of Junkyards Located Within and Outside Police Jurisdictions by Municipalities and Counties.

Section 11-80-10
Licensing of junkyards located within and outside police jurisdictions by municipalities and counties.
(a) As used in this section, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) JUNKYARD. An establishment or place of business which is maintained, operated, or used for storing, keeping, buying, or selling old or scrap copper, brass, rope, rags, batteries, paper trash, rubber debris, waste or junked, dismantled or wrecked automobiles, or parts thereof, iron, steel, and other old or scrap ferrous or nonferrous material or for the maintenance or operation of an automobile graveyard.
(2) SCRAP PROCESSOR. Any person who is engaged, from a fixed location or otherwise, in the business of paying compensation for ferrous or nonferrous metals that have served their original economic purpose, who is engaged in the business of performing the manufacturing process by which ferrous metals or nonferrous metals, or other recyclable materials, are converted into raw material products consisting of prepared grades and having an existing or potential economic value.
(b) Any incorporated municipality may license a junkyard located within its police jurisdiction to the same extent as if the junkyard was located within its corporate limits and any county may license junkyards located outside the police jurisdiction of any municipality in the county to the same extent.
(c) Any incorporated municipality and any county shall have the authority, by adoption of local ordinance or regulation, to establish criteria to issue or revoke licenses as provided herein.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to supersede or alter the authority of the State of Alabama, and any of its agencies and departments, to regulate junkyards or issue permits relating to junkyards.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-558, p. 1167, §§1-4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Chapter 80 - General Provisions. › Section 11-80-11 - Authority Reserved to Attorney General to Bring or Settle Certain Lawsuits Concerning Firearms, Ammunition, Etc.

Section 11-80-11
Authority reserved to Attorney General to bring or settle certain lawsuits concerning firearms, ammunition, etc.
The authority to bring or settle any lawsuit in which the state has an exclusive interest or right to recover against any firearm or ammunition manufacturer, trade association, or dealer, and the authority to bring or settle any lawsuit on behalf of any governmental unit created by or pursuant to an act of the Legislature or the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, or any department, agency, or authority thereof, for damages, abatement, injunctive relief, or other equitable relief resulting from or relating to the design, manufacture, marketing, or lawful sale of firearms or ammunition, or both, shall be reserved exclusively to the Attorney General, by and with the consent of the Governor. This section shall not prohibit a county or municipal corporation from bringing an action against a firearms or ammunition manufacturer or dealer for breach of contract or warranty as to firearms or ammunition purchased by the political subdivision or local governmental authority.
(Act 2000-762, p. 1744, §1; Act 2013-283, p. 938, §1.)