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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 56 - Troy University. › Section 16-56-1 - Body Corporate; Rights, Duties, Property, Etc. of Troy University.

Section 16-56-1
Body corporate; rights, duties, property, etc. of Troy University.
(a)(1) The Governor, by virtue of the office and the trustees appointed from designated areas of the state, pursuant to Section 16-56-3, and their successors in office, shall constitute a body corporate under the name of Troy University, or by any name the board of trustees may from time to time designate as successor. The name Troy University shall refer to each campus.
(2) All rights, duties, property, real or personal, and all other effects existing in the name of Troy State University, the Troy State University System, or in any other name by which the institution has been known, shall continue in the name of Troy University. Any reference to Troy State University, the Troy State University System, or any other name by which the institution has been known, in any existing law, contract, or other instrument shall constitute a reference to Troy University. All acts of Troy State University lawfully done prior to August 1, 1997, by the board of trustees or by the executive officer are approved, ratified, and confirmed. All acts of the Troy State University System lawfully done prior to June 1, 2009, by the board of trustees or by the executive officer are approved, ratified, and confirmed.
(b) Troy University shall provide, maintain, and operate public higher education programs with facilities dedicated to the preparation of students in a variety of pre-professional and professional fields at the associate, baccalaureate, and graduate degree levels. The university shall provide educational services for the greater community including adult education and advanced education for mature students, private citizens, and service men and women. Troy University shall provide an academic, cultural, and social environment that fosters individuality and develops productive members of society. The mission of Troy University shall be accomplished by providing services to students and the greater community through the utilization of its staff and facilities and through research, creative activities, superior teaching, scholarship, and public service.
(Acts 1967, No. 420, p. 1084, §2; Acts 1997, No. 97-586, p. 1035, §1; Act 2009-159, p. 315, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 56 - Troy University. › Section 16-56-2 - Rights, Privileges, Responsibilities, etc., of Corporation.

Section 16-56-2
Rights, privileges, responsibilities, etc., of corporation.
The corporation shall have all the rights, privileges, powers, and franchises necessary to the promotion of or the end of its creation and shall be charged with all corresponding duties, liabilities, and responsibilities. The headquarters of Troy University shall be in the City of Troy. The corporation may purchase, hold, lease, sell, convey, or in any other manner not inconsistent with the object or terms of the grant or grants under which it holds dispose of any property, or any interest in any property, real or personal, or any estate or interest therein, from any source, at any time and upon any terms, as it may deem in the best interest of the university. The corporation may also borrow money and incur other obligations at any time and under any terms it may deem in the best interest of the university.
(Acts 1967, No. 420, p. 1084, §3; Acts 1997, No. 97-586, p. 1035, §2; Act 2009-159, p. 315, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 56 - Troy University. › Section 16-56-3 - Board of Trustees - Membership; Appointment; Terms.

Section 16-56-3
Board of trustees - Membership; appointment; terms.
Troy University shall be governed by a board of trustees. The board of trustees shall have representation from seven geographic areas of the state. Area one shall consist of the following counties: Mobile, Baldwin, Washington, Clarke, Choctaw, Marengo, and Sumter. Area two shall consist of the following counties: Escambia, Covington, Geneva, Houston, Conecuh, Coffee, Dale, Henry, Butler, Crenshaw, Pike, Wilcox, Monroe, and Barbour. Area three shall consist of the following counties: Bullock, Russell, Macon, Lee, Elmore, Coosa, Tallapoosa, Chambers, and Randolph. Area four shall consist of the following counties: Montgomery, Lowndes, Dallas, Perry, Autauga, Chilton, Tuscaloosa, Hale, Greene, and Bibb. Area five shall consist of the following counties: Talladega, Clay, St. Clair, Calhoun, Cleburne, and Shelby. Area six shall consist of the following county: Jefferson. Area seven shall consist of the following counties: Lamar, Fayette, Walker, Cullman, Winston, Marion, Franklin, Lawrence, Morgan, Colbert, Lauderdale, Pickens, Limestone, Madison, Jackson, Marshall, DeKalb, Blount, Etowah, and Cherokee. The board of trustees shall consist of two trustees from area two, two trustees from area four, and one trustee from each of the other five areas, two trustees at-large, who may or may not be residents of the state, and the Governor, who shall be ex officio president of the board. The board of trustees shall elect from its members, by a majority vote, a president pro tempore, who shall serve as chair of the board in the absence of the Governor. The trustees shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and shall hold office for terms of 12 years, and until their successors shall be appointed and qualified. The trustees serving on January 1, 2009, shall serve out the terms for which they had previously been appointed and confirmed. The State Superintendent of Education serving on January 1, 2009, shall continue to serve as a trustee on the board until the completion of his or her term of office as superintendent or until he or she vacates the position of State Superintendent of Education, whichever occurs first. No employee of Troy University shall be eligible to serve as a trustee.
(Acts 1967, No. 420, p. 1084, §1; Acts 1997, No. 97-586, p. 1035, §3; Act 2009-159, p. 315, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 56 - Troy University. › Section 16-56-4 - Board of Trustees - Meetings.

Section 16-56-4
Board of trustees - Meetings.
The Board of Trustees of Troy University shall hold its regular annual meeting each year in the City of Troy on or about the date scheduled for spring term graduation unless the board shall, during a regular or special session, determine to hold its annual meeting at some other time and place. Special meetings of the board may be assembled by either of the following methods:
(1) Special meetings of the board may be called by the Governor or by the president pro tempore. In calling special meetings, the Governor or the president pro tempore shall mail a written notice to each trustee at least 10 days in advance of the date of the meeting.
(2) Upon the application in writing of any three members of the board, the Governor or the president pro tempore shall call a special meeting, naming the time and place thereof and causing notices to be issued in writing to the several members of the board.
The meetings shall not be held on a date less than 10 days subsequent to the notice from the Governor or the president pro tempore.
(Acts 1967, No. 420, p. 1084, §6; Acts 1997, No. 97-586, p. 1035, §4; Act 2009-159, p. 315, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 56 - Troy University. › Section 16-56-5 - Board of Trustees - Quorum; Meetings of Standing Committees.

Section 16-56-5
Board of trustees - Quorum; meetings of standing committees.
(a) A majority of the members of the board of trustees shall constitute a quorum, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day until a quorum is present. A quorum may be assembled in person or through electronic communications that permit complete auditory access to the proceedings of the board. During each meeting of the board, no more than two members may participate through electronic communications.
(b) Standing committees of the board, excluding the executive committee, may meet by means of telephone conference, video conference, or other electronic means by which all persons participating in the meeting, and members of the public, may hear each other simultaneously, if the committee has no authority other than to make recommendations to the full board. Meetings conducted pursuant to this subsection shall be properly noticed and shall comply with the Alabama Open Meetings Act.
(Acts 1967, No. 420, p. 1084, §7; Acts 1997, No. 97-586, p. 1035, §5; Act 2012-404, p. 1107, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 56 - Troy University. › Section 16-56-6 - Board of Trustees - Chancellor; Powers as to Organization and Administration.

Section 16-56-6
Board of trustees - Chancellor; powers as to organization and administration.
(a) The board of trustees shall appoint a chancellor who shall serve as the chief executive officer of the university and as secretary to the board and shall perform all services as may be required by the board. The compensation of the chancellor, including the emoluments and prerequisites necessary to carry out the functions of the office, shall be fixed by the board.
(b) The board of trustees may act as a body, or may delegate by resolution or bylaw to a committee of the board or to the chancellor, the authority to do any of the following:
(1) Appoint the faculty of the university and other professional and operating personnel as the interest of the university may require.
(2) Remove any instructors or other personnel.
(3) Fix, increase, or decrease the salaries or compensation of individual instructors and other personnel.
(4) Hire personnel, establish and implement personnel rules, and establish policies and practices for hiring, promoting, demoting, and terminating instructors, other personnel, and employees, or for taking any other action consistent with this section.
(c) The board of trustees, as a body of the whole, may do any of the following:
(1) Institute, regulate, alter, or modify the governance of the university, as the board may deem advisable.
(2) Prescribe courses of instruction, rates of tuition, and fees.
(3) Confer academic and honorary degrees.
(4) Do whatever else the board may deem best for promoting the interest of the university.
(Acts 1967, No. 420, p. 1084, §4; Acts 1997, No. 97-586, p. 1035, §6; Act 2009-159, p. 315, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 56 - Troy University. › Section 16-56-7 - Board of Trustees - Transfer of Jurisdiction, etc., to Board of Trustees.

Section 16-56-7
Board of trustees - Transfer of jurisdiction, etc., to board of trustees.
The Board of Trustees of Troy University shall have the exclusive jurisdiction, supervision, and control of Troy University. The board may promulgate any rules of procedure as it deems necessary and appropriate. In addition to the powers, duties, and authority vested in the board of trustees, the board shall have and exercise all power, authority, and duties previously conferred on, vested in, or required of the Board of Trustees of Troy State University, as was transferred to the board from the State Board of Education on September 7, 1967.
(Acts 1967, No. 420, p. 1084, §12; Acts 1997, No. 97-586, p. 1035, §7; Act 2009-159, p. 315, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 56 - Troy University. › Section 16-56-8 - Board of Trustees - Vacancy in Office.

Section 16-56-8
Board of trustees - Vacancy in office.
Any vacancy in the office of trustee occurring during the recess of the Legislature shall be filled by appointment of the Governor. The appointee shall hold office until the next session of the Legislature, when the vacancy shall be filled by the Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. A trustee appointed to fill a vacancy by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall hold office for and during the unexpired term.
(Acts 1967, No. 420, p. 1084, §5; Acts 1997, No. 97-586, p. 1035, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 56 - Troy University. › Section 16-56-9 - Board of Trustees - Payment of Expenses.

Section 16-56-9
Board of trustees - Payment of expenses.
The certificate of the chancellor as secretary of the board shall entitle the several trustees to the payment of their actual expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties as trustees. A trustee may not receive any pay or emoluments other than for actual expenses incurred in the discharge of duties of the board.
(Acts 1967, No. 420, p. 1084, §8; Acts 1997, No. 97-586, p. 1035, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 56 - Troy University. › Section 16-56-10 - Board of Trustees - Reports to Legislature.

Section 16-56-10
Board of trustees - Reports to Legislature.
The board of trustees shall 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 university, embracing an itemized account of all receipts and disbursements on account of the university by those charged with the administration of its finances.
(Acts 1967, No. 420, p. 1084, §10; Acts 1997, No. 97-586, p. 1035, §10; Act 2009-159, p. 315, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 56 - Troy University. › Section 16-56-11 - Grant or Gift Not to Fail for Informality; Default, etc., of Trustees Not to Work Forfeiture.

Section 16-56-11
Grant or gift not to fail for informality; default, etc., of trustees not to work forfeiture.
No grant or gift of any property, real or personal, by will or otherwise, shall fail by reason of any misnomer or informality, when the intent of the grantor or donor can be determined; nor shall any default, malfeasance, or non-use on the part of the trustees or other officers or agents of the corporation work a forfeiture of any of its rights, privileges, powers, or franchises.
(Acts 1967, No. 420, p. 1084, §9; Acts 1997, No. 97-586, p. 1035, §11.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 56 - Troy University. › Section 16-56-12 - Police Officers.

Section 16-56-12
Police officers.
(a) The Chancellor of Troy University may appoint and employ persons as he or she may deem proper to serve as police officers pursuant to Sections 16-22-1 and 16-22-2. These police officers may do any of the following:
(1) Eject trespassers from university buildings and grounds.
(2) Arrest without a warrant any person believed guilty of disorderly conduct or of trespass upon the property under the control of the university, or for any public offense committed in their presence, and carry them before the nearest district court or municipal court. Upon proper affidavit charging the offense, the person arrested may be tried by the court and convicted as in cases of persons brought before the court on a warrant.
(3) Summon a posse comitatus.
(4) Arrest with a warrant any person found upon or near the premises of the university charged with any public offense and take that person before the proper officer.
(b) The police officers provided for in this section shall cooperate with and, when requested, furnish assistance to the regularly constituted authorities of the city and county in which the employing campus of Troy University is located.
(Acts 1967, No. 420, p. 1084, §11; Acts 1997, No. 97-586, p. 1035, §12; Act 2009-159, p. 315, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 57 - Tuskegee Institute. › Section 16-57-1 - Board of Commissioners; Appropriations; Bond of Treasurer.

Section 16-57-1
Board of commissioners; appropriations; bond of treasurer.
Appropriations made to Tuskegee Institute by the Alabama Legislature to be used for the purpose of maintaining a graduate school in agriculture, a graduate school in home economics and a graduate school in veterinary medicine, or such other areas as are deemed feasible and wise in accordance with felt need, shall be paid to the Treasurer of Tuskegee Institute, on warrant of the State Treasurer, and said Treasurer of Tuskegee Institute shall make a surety bond in the sum of $25,000.00, payable to the State of Alabama, to insure the safekeeping of such appropriations. The said bond shall be approved by the Secretary of State and the same shall be filed in his office. The premium on said bond shall be paid by warrant of the State Treasurer out of the General Fund. The said appropriation shall be under the control of the Board of Trustees of Tuskegee Institute, and the same shall be applied in such manner as it deems best to carry out the purpose of the appropriation. The commissioners hereinafter provided for shall be residents of the State of Alabama and shall be members of the board of trustees with the same rights and powers as the other trustees, except as to filling vacancies on the Board of Trustees of Tuskegee Institute, in which they shall have no voice.
There shall be appointed by the Governor five commissioners who shall hold office for a term of four years and until their successors are appointed and qualified; should a vacancy occur on the board of commissioners appointed by the Governor by death, resignation, refusal to serve or by becoming otherwise disqualified, then such vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term by the Governor. The Superintendent of Education of the State of Alabama shall be an ex officio member of said board of commissioners. The commissioners appointed by the Governor, as herein provided, shall make an annual written report to the Superintendent of Education of the State of Alabama of the conditions and progress of graduate instruction hereinabove referred to.
(Acts 1943, No. 245, p. 202, § 1; Acts 1945, No. 87, p. 85, § 1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 57 - Tuskegee Institute. › Section 16-57-2 - Scholarships to School of Nursing - Established; How Distributed.

Section 16-57-2
Scholarships to school of nursing - Established; how distributed.
There shall be awarded each year 30 scholarships to Tuskegee Institute School of Nursing for nursing education. These scholarships shall be awarded to applicants from the state-at-large. They shall be distributed, insofar as practicable, throughout the state and may be distributed to students in any year of study in said school of nursing.
(Acts 1957, No. 590, p. 827, §1; Acts 1971, No. 2301, p. 3713, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 57 - Tuskegee Institute. › Section 16-57-3 - Scholarships to School of Nursing - Who Eligible.

Section 16-57-3
Scholarships to school of nursing - Who eligible.
To be eligible to receive a scholarship provided by this chapter, a person must have been a resident of the State of Alabama for a period of at least one year immediately preceding the time of making application and must be a person of good character, and shall have been accepted for matriculation by the authorities of Tuskegee Institute and shall have met the requirements for professional nursing education as determined by the Tuskegee Institute School of Nursing. Applications for scholarships shall be made to Tuskegee Institute School of Nursing.
(Acts 1957, No. 590, p. 827, §2; Acts 1971, No. 2301, p. 3713, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 57 - Tuskegee Institute. › Section 16-57-4 - Scholarships to School of Nursing - Amount and Conditions; Selection of Recipients.

Section 16-57-4
Scholarships to school of nursing - Amount and conditions; selection of recipients.
Each scholarship provided for by this chapter shall be in the amount of $600.00 per year, payable from funds appropriated to Tuskegee Institute for this purpose. A scholarship may either be renewed by the School of Nursing of Tuskegee Institute for the same student or awarded to another applicant for the scholarship. Appropriate competitive examinations of aptitude and ability shall be administered to the applicants by the School of Nursing of Tuskegee Institute. The results of the examination shall be used as guides in the selection of the recipients of the scholarships from the various geographical areas of the state. In case a scholarship student fails to complete the course prescribed for the baccalaureate degree in nursing, that student must repay the amount of the scholarship funds used. Any funds thus collected may be used as scholarship assistance for other nursing students. A scholarship student must agree to practice professional nursing in the State of Alabama for at least one year after completing the course at Tuskegee Institute.
(Acts 1957, No. 590, p. 827, §3; Acts 1971, No. 2301, p. 3713, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 57 - Tuskegee Institute. › Section 16-57-5 - Funding From Education Trust Fund.

Section 16-57-5
Funding from Education Trust Fund.
The Legislature finds that Tuskegee University has a unique relationship to the State of Alabama. The Legislature further finds that due to the unique nature of the circumstances related to the establishment and development of Tuskegee Institute which differs from that of private schools and colleges receiving funds from the state and from the state's public colleges and universities, the institution should be afforded a unique treatment relative to funding from the Education Trust Fund. Tuskegee Institute was established by an act of the Legislature in 1881 and separately incorporated by an act of the Legislature in 1892; the Governor appoints five commissioners who serve as voting members on the Tuskegee Board; and the State Superintendent of Education serves as an ex officio voting commissioner on the Tuskegee Board. Tuskegee has received appropriations from the Legislature since 1881. Being a private institution as well as a state related and supported institution, the Legislature deems that Tuskegee University should be funded accordingly and not as the private schools and colleges nor as the state public colleges and universities are funded.
(Act 2002-506, p. 1310, §1; Act 2003-484, p. 1496, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 58 - Sylacauga Nurses Training School. › Section 16-58-1 - Scholarships - Established; Distribution.

Section 16-58-1
Scholarships - Established; distribution.
There shall be awarded each year 30 scholarships to the Sylacauga Nurses Training School at Sylacauga, Alabama for nursing education. These scholarships shall be awarded to applicants, as practicable, throughout the state.
(Acts 1971, No. 2393, p. 3817, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 58 - Sylacauga Nurses Training School. › Section 16-58-2 - Scholarships - Who Eligible.

Section 16-58-2
Scholarships - Who eligible.
To be eligible to receive a scholarship provided by this chapter, a person must have been a resident of the State of Alabama for a period of at least one year immediately preceding the time of making application and must be a person of good character, and shall have been accepted for matriculation by the authorities of the Sylacauga Nurses Training School and shall have met the requirements for professional nursing education as determined by said school. Applications for scholarships shall be made to the Sylacauga Nurses Training School of Nursing of Sylacauga, Alabama.
(Acts 1971, No. 2393, p. 3817, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 58 - Sylacauga Nurses Training School. › Section 16-58-3 - Scholarships - Amount and Conditions; Selection of Recipients.

Section 16-58-3
Scholarships - Amount and conditions; selection of recipients.
Each scholarship provided for by this chapter shall be in the amount of $600.00 per year, payable from funds appropriated to the Sylacauga Nurses Training School for this purpose. A scholarship may either be renewed by the said school of nursing for the same student or awarded to another applicant for the scholarship. Appropriate competitive examinations of aptitude and ability shall be administered to the applicants by the Sylacauga Nurses Training School. The results of the examinations shall be used as guides in the selection of the recipients of the scholarships from the various geographical areas of the state. A scholarship student must agree to practice professional nursing in the State of Alabama for at least one year after completing the course at the Sylacauga Nurses Training School. In case a scholarship student fails to complete the prescribed course or fails to practice professional nursing in Alabama for at least one year next succeeding the completion of the course of study, such student must repay all scholarship funds awarded to such student, except in cases of extreme hardship. Any funds thus repaid shall be used for scholarship assistance for other nursing students.
(Acts 1971, No. 2393, p. 3817, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 59A - Oakwood University. › Section 16-59A-1 - Police Officers.

Section 16-59A-1
Police officers.
The President of Oakwood University, with the approval of the board of trustees, is hereby authorized to appoint and employ suitable persons to act as police officers to keep off intruders and prevent trespass upon and damage to the property and grounds of the university. Such persons shall be charged with all the duties and invested with all the powers of police officers and may eject trespassers from the university buildings and grounds and, without a warrant, may arrest any person guilty of disorderly conduct or of trespass upon the property of the university, or for any public offense committed in their presence, and carry them before the nearest municipal or district court, before which, upon proper affidavit charging the offense, any person so arrested may be tried and convicted as in cases of persons brought before him or her on his or her warrant. Such officers shall have authority to summon a posse comitatus and, with a warrant, may arrest any person found upon or near the premises of the university who is charged with any public offense and take him or her before the proper officer.
(b) The police officers provided for in this section shall cooperate with and, when requested, may furnish assistance to the regularly constituted authorities of the City of Huntsville, and their jurisdiction and authority shall be coextensive with the corporate limits of the city.
(Act 2009-739, p. 2207, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-60-1 - State Vocational Technical School at Mobile Designated Southwest State Technical Institute.

Section 16-60-1
State Vocational Technical School at Mobile designated Southwest State Technical Institute.
The school located at Mobile in Mobile County, Alabama and presently known as State Vocational Technical School shall hereafter be designated and known as Southwest State Technical Institute.
The State Board of Education is hereby authorized and directed to change the name of such school as herein prescribed and to cause appropriate markers to be placed so designating it.
(Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 245, p. 367, §§ 1, 2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-60-2 - Shelton State Technical Trade School Designated Shelton State Technical Institute.

Section 16-60-2
Shelton State Technical Trade School designated Shelton State Technical Institute.
The school located in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama and previously known as the Shelton State Technical Trade School shall hereafter be designated and known as Shelton State Technical Institute.
The State Board of Education is hereby authorized and directed to change such name of the school as herein prescribed and to see that appropriate markers be displayed and designated as such.
(Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 247, p. 369, §§ 1, 2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-60-3 - Wenonah State Technical Trade School Designated Wenonah State Technical School; Wenonah State Technical Junior College Designated Wenonah State Junior College.

Section 16-60-3
Wenonah State Technical Trade School designated Wenonah State Technical School; Wenonah State Technical Junior College designated Wenonah State Junior College.
The school located in Jefferson County, Alabama and presently known as Wenonah State Technical Trade School shall hereafter be designated and known as Wenonah State Technical School, and the school located in Jefferson County, Alabama and presently known as Wenonah State Technical Junior College shall hereafter be designated and known as Wenonah State Junior College.
The State Board of Education is hereby authorized and directed to change the names of such schools as herein prescribed and to cause appropriate markers to be placed so designating them.
(Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 271, p. 411, §§ 1, 2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-60-4 - Athens State University; Powers Generally.

Section 16-60-4
Athens State University; powers generally.
The school established at Athens, Alabama, known as and called Athens State College, is and shall remain a body corporate under the corporate name of Athens State University, and by that name may have and exercise all powers previously enjoyed by Athens State College and shall succeed to all the rights, privileges, obligations, liabilities, emoluments, benefits, interests, and titles at any time vested in the institution in its respective names. None of the powers, authority, obligations, liabilities, or functions of the institution shall be abated or impaired by this section. Only the name of the institution shall be changed by this section. Whenever the institution is referred to in the constitution, laws, rules, or regulations of this state, or any instrumentality of this state, by any one of the respective names by which it has been known, the same shall be considered to refer to Athens State University.
(Act 98-640, p. 1412, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-60-5 - J. F. Drake State Community and Technical College.

Section 16-60-5
J. F. Drake State Community and Technical College.
The school established at Huntsville, Alabama, known as and called J. F. Drake State Technical College is and shall remain a body corporate under the corporate name of J. F. Drake State Community and Technical College, and by that name may have and exercise all powers previously enjoyed by J. F. Drake State Technical College and shall succeed to all the rights, privileges, obligations, liabilities, emoluments, benefits, interests, and titles at any time vested in the institution in its respective names. None of the powers, authority, obligations, liabilities, or functions of the institution shall be abated or impaired by this section. Only the name of the institution shall be changed by this section. Whenever the institution is referred to in the constitution, laws, rules, or regulations of this state, or any instrumentality of this state, by any one of the respective names by which it has been known, the same shall be considered to refer to J. F. Drake State Community and Technical College.
(Act 2013-93, p. 205, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 60 - Trade Schools and Junior Colleges. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-60-6 - H. Councill Trenholm State Community College.

Section 16-60-6
H. Councill Trenholm State Community College.
(a) The school heretofore established within the postsecondary system as the H. Councill Trenholm State Technical College is hereby named and shall be known as the H. Councill Trenholm State Community College and shall succeed to all the rights, privileges, emoluments, benefits, interests, and titles heretofore at any time vested in the institution in its respective names. None of the powers, authority, or functions of H. Councill Trenholm State Technical College by law shall be abated or impaired by this section. Only the name of the institution shall be changed by this section. Whenever the institution is referred to in the constitution and in the laws of Alabama by any one of the respective names by which it has been known, the same shall be considered to refer to H. Councill Trenholm State Community College.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Community College System comply with this section.
(Act 2015-236, §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 16-60-20 - Board of Trustees - Establishment; Composition; Appointment.

Section 16-60-20
Board of trustees - Establishment; composition; appointment.
The Governor, the State Superintendent of Education, the member of the State Senate representing the senatorial district composed of Franklin and Marion Counties, the member of the State Senate representing the senatorial district of which Winston County is a part, the members of the House of Representatives of the Alabama Legislature from Franklin, Marion and Winston Counties, the chairmen of the county commissions 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 district containing these counties and 10 members appointed by the Governor from among the mayors and other officers of the incorporated municipalities within these three counties 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, No. 888, p. 1397, §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 16-60-21 - Board of Trustees - Organization; Initial Officers; Vice-President; Meetings; Terms of Members; Compensation and Expenses.

Section 16-60-21
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 8, 1961. At this meeting the board shall organize itself, make provision 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 8, 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, No. 888, p. 1397, §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 16-60-22 - Date of Commencement of Operations of College; Selecting Location.

Section 16-60-22
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, No. 888, p. 1397, §3.)
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 16-60-23 - Incorporation of College.

Section 16-60-23
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, No. 888, p. 1397, §4.)
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 16-60-24 - Donations; Sale of Property of College.

Section 16-60-24
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, No. 888, p. 1397, §5.)
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 16-60-25 - Rules and Regulations.

Section 16-60-25
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, No. 888, p. 1397, §6.)
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 16-60-26 - Appropriations by Counties and Municipalities Therein for College; Use of Public School Funds.

Section 16-60-26
Appropriations by counties and municipalities therein for college; use of public school funds.
The governing bodies of the Counties of Franklin, Marion and Winston 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, No. 888, p. 1397, §7.)
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 16-60-27 - Programs to Be Offered.

Section 16-60-27
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 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, No. 888, p. 1397, §8.)
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 16-60-28 - Control of College; President.

Section 16-60-28
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, No. 888, p. 1397, §9.)
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 16-60-29 - Compensation of Teachers and Officers; Faculty.

Section 16-60-29
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, No. 888, p. 1397, §10.)
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 16-60-30 - Secretary.

Section 16-60-30
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, No. 888, p. 1397, §11.)
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 16-60-31 - Treasurer - Election; Duties; Term of Office; Compensation; Bond.

Section 16-60-31
Treasurer - Election; duties; term of office; compensation; bond.
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, No. 888, p. 1397, §12.)
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 16-60-32 - Treasurer - Removal; Temporary Custodian for Funds.

Section 16-60-32
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 that event, appoint a temporary custodian with bond or security to hold such funds.
(Acts 1961, No. 888, p. 1397, §13.)
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 16-60-33 - Accounts of Officers.

Section 16-60-33
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, No. 888, p. 1397, §14.)
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 16-60-34 - Matriculation, Library and Laboratory Fees.

Section 16-60-34
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, No. 888, p. 1397, §15.)
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 16-60-35 - Exemption of College Property From Taxation; Exemption of Officers, Teachers and Employees From Jury Duty and Town Licenses.

Section 16-60-35
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, No. 888, p. 1397, §16.)