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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14A - Alabama Public Recreational and Historical Facilities Improvement Act. › Section 9-14A-2 - Legislative Findings.

Section 9-14A-2
Legislative findings.
The Legislature hereby finds and declares that it is necessary, desirable and in the public interest that the state parks system, public historical sites, and public historical parks be maintained and improved. It is the intention of the Legislature by the passage of this chapter to authorize the formation of two public corporations for the purposes of providing for the acquisition, provision, construction, improvement, renovation, equipping, and maintenance of the state parks system, public historical sites, and public historical parks, and to authorize the corporations to provide for payment of the costs of accomplishing the stated purposes by implementing Amendment 617 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901 authorizing the issuance by the state of up to $110,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of general obligation bonds, which amendment was proposed by Act 98-413 and ratified by the electors of the state at the 1998 General Election, and by issuing and selling for the state, subject to the approval of the Governor, interest bearing general obligation bonds of the state not in excess of $110,000,000 in aggregate principal amount, as authorized by such constitutional amendment. One hundred four million dollars ($104,000,000) of the bonds shall be issued for the state by the Alabama State Parks System Improvement Corporation created herein, and the proceeds thereof shall be used exclusively for the purpose of paying the expenses incurred in the sale and issuance of bonds and for payment of the costs of the acquisition, provision, construction, improvement, renovation, equipping, and maintenance of the state parks system. Six million dollars ($6,000,000) of the bonds shall be issued for the state by the Alabama Public Historical Sites and Parks Improvement Corporation created herein, and the proceeds thereof shall be used exclusively for the purpose of paying the expenses incurred in the sale and issuance of the bonds and for payment of the costs of the acquisition, provision, construction, improvement, renovations, equipping and maintenance of public historical sites and public historical parks not under the jurisdiction of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
(Act 2000-708, p. 1487, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14A - Alabama Public Recreational and Historical Facilities Improvement Act. › Section 9-14A-6 - Powers.

Section 9-14A-6
Powers.
The corporations created in Sections 9-14A-4 and 9-14A-5 shall each have the following powers:
(a) To have succession by its corporate name without time limit.
(b) To sue and be sued and to prosecute and defend, at law or in equity, in any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parties.
(c) To have and to use a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure.
(d) To receive, take and hold by sale, gift, lease, devise or otherwise, real and personal estate of every description, and to manage the same.
(e) To exercise the right of eminent domain as freely and completely as, and in the same manner as, the state is empowered to exercise such right.
(f) To sell and issue for the state bonds and refunding bonds as provided in this chapter.
(g) To appoint and employ such attorneys, accountants, financial advisors, underwriters, trustees, depositories, registrars and other advisors, agents and independent contractors as the business of the corporation may require.
(Act 2000-708, p. 1487, § 6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14A - Alabama Public Recreational and Historical Facilities Improvement Act. › Section 9-14A-7 - Additional Powers of Alabama State Parks System Improvement Corporation.

Section 9-14A-7
Additional powers of Alabama State Parks System Improvement Corporation.
In addition to the powers provided in the above Section 9-14A-6, the Alabama State Parks System Improvement Corporation shall have the following powers:
(a) To acquire, provide, construct, improve, renovate, equip and maintain the state parks system.
(b) To acquire by purchase, gift, or the exercise of the power of eminent domain, or any other lawful means, and to transfer, convey or cause to be conveyed to the state, any real, personal or mixed property necessary or convenient in connection with the acquiring, providing, constructing, improving, renovating, equipping and maintenance of parks and park facilities.
(c) To enter into contracts with municipalities, counties, the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources or other agencies or political subdivisions of the state or any other state, private persons, firms, corporations and any branch of the federal government, in furtherance of its public purposes and objects either relative to work done or to be done.
(d) To turn over to the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources such funds of the corporation as, from time to time, may be necessary or convenient for carrying out the business of the corporation.
(e) To institute an "adopt-a-park" program under the direction and control of the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to promote and encourage private, non-profit, and corporate contributions and investments in Alabama state parks to restore and improve Alabama state parks.
(Act 2000-708, p. 1487, § 7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14A - Alabama Public Recreational and Historical Facilities Improvement Act. › Section 9-14A-8 - Additional Powers of the Alabama Public Historical Sites and Parks Improvement Corporation.

Section 9-14A-8
Additional powers of the Alabama Public Historical Sites and Parks Improvement Corporation.
In addition to the powers provided in the above Section 9-14A-6, the Alabama Public Historical Sites and Parks Improvement Corporation shall have the following powers:
(a) To acquire, provide, construct, improve, renovate, equip, and maintain public historical sites and public historical parks not under the jurisdiction of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
(b) To acquire by purchase, gift, or the exercise of the power of eminent domain, or any other lawful means, and to transfer, convey or cause to be conveyed to the state, any real, personal or mixed property necessary or convenient in connection with the acquiring, providing, constructing, improving, renovating, equipping and maintenance of public historical sites and public historical parks not under the jurisdiction of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
(c) To enter into contracts with municipalities, counties, the Alabama Historical Commission or other agencies or political subdivisions of the state or any other state, private persons, firms, corporations and any branch of the federal government, in furtherance of its public purposes and objects either relative to work done or to be done.
(d) To institute public-private initiative to promote and encourage private, non-profit, and corporate contributions to further the restoration and improvement of the Alabama public historical sites and parks.
(Act 2000-708, p. 1487, § 8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14A - Alabama Public Recreational and Historical Facilities Improvement Act. › Section 9-14A-9 - Bonds - Generally.

Section 9-14A-9
Bonds - Generally.
The bonds issued pursuant to this act shall not be obligations of said corporations but shall be general obligations of the state with the full faith and credit and taxing power of the state to be pledged to the prompt and faithful payment of the principal thereof and the interest and redemption premium (if any) thereon. The proceeds from the sale of the bonds shall be used exclusively for the purposes described in the aforesaid constitutional amendment. The bonds may be sold and issued in one or more series at any time and from time to time, may have such series designations, may be in such forms, principal amounts, denominations and numbers, may be of such tenor and maturities, may bear such date or dates, may be payable in such installments and at such time or times, may be payable at such place or places within or without the state, may bear interest at such rate or rates payable and evidenced in such manner, may contain provisions for redemption at the option of the state to be exercised by said corporations on such date or dates prior to their respective maturities and upon payment of such redemption price or prices, and may contain such other provisions not inconsistent with the provisions of the amendment and this chapter, all as shall be provided by the respective board of directors of the corporations in the resolution or resolutions pursuant to which the bonds shall be authorized, sold, and issued.
(Act 2000-708, p. 1487, § 9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14A - Alabama Public Recreational and Historical Facilities Improvement Act. › Section 9-14A-10 - Bonds - Payment; Records.

Section 9-14A-10
Bonds - Payment; records.
The State Treasurer is authorized and directed to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter, as such principal, premium, if any, and interest shall respectively mature, and he is further authorized and directed to set up and maintain appropriate records pertaining thereto.
(Act 2000-708, p. 1487, § 10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14A - Alabama Public Recreational and Historical Facilities Improvement Act. › Section 9-14A-11 - Bonds - Redemption.

Section 9-14A-11
Bonds - Redemption.
The bonds of each series issued pursuant to this chapter may be issued as serial bonds payable in annual installments or as term bonds or as a combination thereof, and the principal of the bonds of each such series shall mature or be subject to mandatory redemption according to such schedule as the respective board of directors of said corporations shall determine in the resolution authorizing the issuance of such series. The bonds may be made subject to redemption prior to their respective maturities, at the option of the state, on such terms and conditions as shall be provided by the board of directors of the corporation in the resolution authorizing the issuance of such series. Any or all of such bonds subject to redemption at the option of the state may be called for redemption by the corporations pursuant to a resolution adopted by the respective board of directors thereof if pursuant to appropriations theretofore made by the Legislature the moneys required for such redemption are at the time held in the State Treasury or if such redemption is to be effected with moneys provided by the sale and issuance of refunding bonds issued pursuant to the amendment and as provided for in this chapter. The corporations may specify the terms and conditions under which any of the bonds authorized pursuant to the amendment may be exchanged for like bonds of other denominations as the corporations may prescribe.
(Act 2000-708, p. 1487, § 11.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14A - Alabama Public Recreational and Historical Facilities Improvement Act. › Section 9-14A-12 - Bonds - Sale and Execution.

Section 9-14A-12
Bonds - Sale and execution.
The bonds of each series thereof issued pursuant to this chapter shall be sold by the corporations at public sale as provided in the amendment. The bonds shall be executed in the name of the state by the Governor and countersigned by the secretary of the respective corporation issuing the bonds, and the Great Seal of the State shall be impressed thereon and attested by the Secretary of State. A facsimile of the signature of each such official may be imprinted on any of the bonds in lieu of being manually inscribed thereon, and a facsimile of the Great Seal of the State may be printed on the bonds in lieu of such seal being manually impressed thereon. Each such facsimile signature shall be valid in all respects as if the officials whose facsimile signatures are so used had signed the bonds in person, and any facsimile of the Great Seal of the State so used shall be valid in all respects as if such seal had been manually impressed on the bonds. In the event any official who shall sign any of the bonds or whose facsimile signature shall appear thereon shall thereafter cease to hold office before such bonds are delivered and paid for, such bonds shall nevertheless be valid for all purposes to the same extent as if the official who signed such bonds or whose facsimile signature appears thereon had remained in office until all of the said bonds bearing such signature or facsimile thereof shall have been delivered and paid for.
(Act 2000-708, p. 1487, § 12.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14A - Alabama Public Recreational and Historical Facilities Improvement Act. › Section 9-14A-13 - Bonds - Proceeds - Alabama State Parks System Improvement Fund.

Section 9-14A-13
Bonds - Proceeds - Alabama State Parks System Improvement Fund.
The proceeds derived from the sale of each series of the bonds issued pursuant to this chapter by the Alabama State Parks System Improvement Corporation other than refunding bonds shall be paid into the State Treasury upon receipt thereof, and the State Treasurer shall keep such proceeds, as well as all income received from the investment and reinvestment of such proceeds (including income derived from the investment and reinvestment of previously derived income), in a special fund in the State Treasury, designated "The Alabama State Parks System Improvement Fund," pending the expenditure of such proceeds and income for the purposes hereinafter authorized and as required by said amendment. All proceeds so deposited in the State Treasury shall be continuously invested by the State Treasurer in permitted investments, and as and when income from the investment of such proceeds is received, such income shall be kept continuously invested in the same manner as such proceeds. The State Treasurer, on the advice of the officers of the corporation, acting on projections of expenditures provided by the Director of Finance, shall keep all such proceeds, together with the income derived from the investment and reinvestment thereof, invested in investments which shall mature or otherwise be subject to liquidation on such terms as will provide cash when required for the purposes for which bonds may be issued pursuant to this chapter.
(Act 2000-708, p. 1487, § 13.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14A - Alabama Public Recreational and Historical Facilities Improvement Act. › Section 9-14A-14 - Bonds - Proceeds - Alabama Public Historical Sites and Parks Improvement Fund.

Section 9-14A-14
Bonds - Proceeds - Alabama Public Historical Sites and Parks Improvement Fund.
The proceeds derived from the sale of each series of the bonds issued pursuant to this chapter by the Alabama Public Historical Sites and Parks Improvement Corporation other than refunding bonds shall be paid into the State Treasury upon receipt thereof, and the State Treasurer, on the advice of the officers of the corporation, shall keep such proceeds, as well as all income received from the investment and reinvestment of such proceeds (including income derived from the investment and reinvestment of previously derived income), in a special fund in the State Treasury, designated "The Alabama Public Historical Sites and Parks Improvement Fund," pending the expenditure of such proceeds and income for the purposes hereinafter authorized and as required by said amendment. All proceeds so deposited in the State Treasury shall be continuously invested by the State Treasurer, on the advice of the officers of the corporation, in permitted investments, and as and when income from the investment of such proceeds is received, such income shall be kept continuously invested in the same manner as such proceeds. The State Treasurer, acting on projections of expenditures provided by the Director of Finance, shall keep all such proceeds, together with the income derived from the investment and reinvestment thereof, invested in investments which shall mature or otherwise be subject to liquidation on such terms as will provide cash when required for the purposes for which bonds may be issued pursuant to this chapter.
(Act 2000-708, p. 1487, § 14.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14A - Alabama Public Recreational and Historical Facilities Improvement Act. › Section 9-14A-15 - Bonds - Proceeds - Disposition.

Section 9-14A-15
Bonds - Proceeds - Disposition.
Upon order of the respective board of directors of the corporations, all expenses incurred in connection with the authorization, preparation, sale, and issuance of bonds authorized herein and by the amendment shall be paid out of the proceeds thereof. The proceeds thereof remaining after payment of such expenses, together with the income derived from the investment and reinvestment of such proceeds (including income derived from the investment and reinvestment of previously derived income) shall be disbursed from time to time on the order of said corporations upon the approval of the Director of Finance, the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, the Governor, and the Joint Legislative Committee on State Parks.
(Act 2000-708, p. 1487, § 15.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14A - Alabama Public Recreational and Historical Facilities Improvement Act. › Section 9-14A-17 - Use of Bonds.

Section 9-14A-17
Use of bonds.
All bonds, including refunding bonds, issued pursuant hereto, and the income therefrom, including the interest income thereon, shall be free from all taxation by the state or any county, municipality, or other political subdivision or instrumentality of the state, excepting inheritance, estate, and gift taxes. Any bonds issued by the corporations may be used by the holder thereof as security for any funds belonging to the state or to any instrumentality or agency of the state in any instance where security for such deposits may be required by law. Unless otherwise directed by the court having jurisdiction thereof, or by the document that is the source of authority, a trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, or one acting in any other fiduciary capacity may, in addition to any other investment powers conferred by law and with the exercise of reasonable business prudence, invest trust and other fiduciary funds in bonds of the corporations.
(Act 2000-708, p. 1487, § 17.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14A - Alabama Public Recreational and Historical Facilities Improvement Act. › Section 9-14A-18 - Contracts.

Section 9-14A-18
Contracts.
All contracts of the corporations for the acquisition, provision, construction, improvement, renovation, equipping, and maintenance of the state parks system, public historical sites and public historical parks shall be in writing, shall be subject to the rules and regulations of and shall be let under the supervision of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, and shall be subject to approval by the Governor and the Director of Finance. Contracts under the Alabama State Parks System Improvement Corporation must also be approved by the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Any property acquired by the corporations by purchase, condemnation or otherwise shall be acquired in the name of the state or shall be forthwith conveyed to the state.
(Act 2000-708, p. 1487, § 18.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14A - Alabama Public Recreational and Historical Facilities Improvement Act. › Section 9-14A-19 - Bonds - Proceeds - Alabama State Parks System Maintenance Fund.

Section 9-14A-19
Bonds - Proceeds - Alabama State Parks System Maintenance Fund.
Except as provided herein, the proceeds from the bonds issued by the Alabama State Parks System Improvement Corporation and interest income thereon are appropriated for the acquisition, provision, construction, improvement, renovation, equipping, and maintenance of the state parks system and the issuance costs of the bonds. Five percent of such proceeds and any revenues generated therefrom shall be distributed into a separate fund entitled the Alabama State Parks System Maintenance Fund and shall be used exclusively for maintenance of the state parks system.
(Act 2000-708, p. 1487, §19.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14A - Alabama Public Recreational and Historical Facilities Improvement Act. › Section 9-14A-20 - Bonds - Proceeds - Appropriations.

Section 9-14A-20
Bonds - Proceeds - Appropriations.
The proceeds from the bonds issued by the Alabama Public Historical Sites and Parks Improvement Corporation and interest income thereon shall be appropriated as follows:
(a) Three million dollars ($3,000,000) of the proceeds and interest thereon shall be used for the acquisition, improvement, renovation, equipping and maintenance of state-owned public historical sites and public historical parks not under the jurisdiction of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
(b) Three million dollars ($3,000,000) for the acquisition, improvement, renovation, equipping, and maintenance of publicly-owned historical sites, public parks, and public historical parks not under the jurisdiction of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, provided that the corporation may provide up to one third of this amount for the acquisition, improvement, renovation, equipping, and maintenance of publicly-owned historical sites and historical parks operated by public corporations under Section 16-44A-31 et seq., which are not under the jurisdiction of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
(Act 2000-708, p. 1487, § 20.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14A - Alabama Public Recreational and Historical Facilities Improvement Act. › Section 9-14A-22 - Dissolution of Corporations.

Section 9-14A-22
Dissolution of corporations.
At any time when no bonds of the corporations are outstanding the corporations may be dissolved upon each filing with the Secretary of State an application for dissolution, which shall be subscribed by each of the members of the respective corporations and which shall be sworn to by each such member before an officer authorized to take acknowledgments to deeds. Upon the filing of said application for dissolution, the respective corporation shall cease and any property owned by it at the time of its dissolution shall pass to the State of Alabama. The Secretary of State shall file and record the application for dissolution in an appropriate book of record in his office, and shall make and issue, under the Great Seal of the State, a certificate that the respective corporation is dissolved, and shall record the said certificate with the application for dissolution.
(Act 2000-708, p. 1487, § 22.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14A - Alabama Public Recreational and Historical Facilities Improvement Act. › Section 9-14A-23 - Tax Exemption.

Section 9-14A-23
Tax exemption.
The corporations on behalf of the state shall have the power to provide for such payments to the United States of America as the directors deem necessary to cause the interest on any bonds to be and remain exempt from federal income taxation. The corporations shall have the power to make agreements respecting the investment of the proceeds of the bonds or other funds of the corporation necessary in order that the interest income on bonds of the corporations be and remain exempt from federal income taxation.
(Act 2000-708, p. 1487, § 23.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14B - Gulf State Park Improvement Act. › Section 9-14B-1 - Legislative Findings and Purpose.

Section 9-14B-1
Legislative findings and purpose.
Repealed by Act 2013-222, §11, effective August 1, 2013.
(Act 2001-972, 2001 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 884, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14B - Gulf State Park Improvement Act. › Section 9-14B-2 - Short Title.

Section 9-14B-2
Short title.
Repealed by Act 2013-222, §11, effective August 1, 2013.
(Act 2001-972, 2001 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 884, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14B - Gulf State Park Improvement Act. › Section 9-14B-3 - Definitions.

Section 9-14B-3
Definitions.
Repealed by Act 2013-222, §11, effective August 1, 2013.
(Act 2001-972, 2001 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 884, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14B - Gulf State Park Improvement Act. › Section 9-14B-4 - Incorporation of Authority Authorized; Application; Filing.

Section 9-14B-4
Incorporation of authority authorized; application; filing.
Repealed by Act 2013-222, §11, effective August 1, 2013.
(Act 2001-972, 2001 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 884, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14B - Gulf State Park Improvement Act. › Section 9-14B-5 - Members, Officers, and Directors of the Authority.

Section 9-14B-5
Members, officers, and directors of the authority.
Repealed by Act 2013-222, §11, effective August 1, 2013.
(Act 2001-972, 2001 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 884, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14B - Gulf State Park Improvement Act. › Section 9-14B-6 - Powers of the Authority.

Section 9-14B-6
Powers of the authority.
Repealed by Act 2013-222, §11, effective August 1, 2013.
(Act 2001-972, 2001 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 884, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14B - Gulf State Park Improvement Act. › Section 9-14B-7 - Authorization to Issue Bonds.

Section 9-14B-7
Authorization to issue bonds.
Repealed by Act 2013-222, §11, effective August 1, 2013.
(Act 2001-972, 2001 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 884, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14B - Gulf State Park Improvement Act. › Section 9-14B-8 - Funding Agreements.

Section 9-14B-8
Funding agreements.
Repealed by Act 2013-222, §11, effective August 1, 2013.
(Act 2001-972, 2001 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 884, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14B - Gulf State Park Improvement Act. › Section 9-14B-9 - Gulf State Park Fund.

Section 9-14B-9
Gulf State Park Fund.
Repealed by Act 2013-222, §11, effective August 1, 2013.
(Act 2001-972, 2001 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 884, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14B - Gulf State Park Improvement Act. › Section 9-14B-10 - Pledge and Appropriation of Pledged Revenues.

Section 9-14B-10
Pledge and appropriation of pledged revenues.
Repealed by Act 2013-222, §11, effective August 1, 2013.
(Act 2001-972, 2001 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 884, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14B - Gulf State Park Improvement Act. › Section 9-14B-11 - Refunding Bonds.

Section 9-14B-11
Refunding bonds.
Repealed by Act 2013-222, §11, effective August 1, 2013.
(Act 2001-972, 2001 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 884, §11.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14B - Gulf State Park Improvement Act. › Section 9-14B-12 - Disposition of Proceeds of Bonds.

Section 9-14B-12
Disposition of proceeds of bonds.
Repealed by Act 2013-222, §11, effective August 1, 2013.
(Act 2001-972, 2001 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 884, §12.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14B - Gulf State Park Improvement Act. › Section 9-14B-13 - Notice - Contested Actions.

Section 9-14B-13
Notice - Contested actions.
Repealed by Act 2013-222, §11, effective August 1, 2013.
(Act 2001-972, 2001 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 884, §13.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14B - Gulf State Park Improvement Act. › Section 9-14B-14 - Tax Exemption.

Section 9-14B-14
Tax exemption.
Repealed by Act 2013-222, §11, effective August 1, 2013.
(Act 2001-972, 2001 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 884, §14.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14B - Gulf State Park Improvement Act. › Section 9-14B-15 - Notice and Hearing Not Required.

Section 9-14B-15
Notice and hearing not required.
Repealed by Act 2013-222, §11, effective August 1, 2013.
(Act 2001-972, 2001 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 884, §15.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14B - Gulf State Park Improvement Act. › Section 9-14B-16 - Application of Competitive Bid and Public Works Laws.

Section 9-14B-16
Application of competitive bid and public works laws.
Repealed by Act 2013-222, §11, effective August 1, 2013.
(Act 2001-972, 2001 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 884, §16.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14B - Gulf State Park Improvement Act. › Section 9-14B-17 - Dissolution.

Section 9-14B-17
Dissolution.
Repealed by Act 2013-222, §11, effective August 1, 2013.
(Act 2001-972, 2001 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 884, §17.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14B - Gulf State Park Improvement Act. › Section 9-14B-18 - Utilization of Services Provided by State Departments.

Section 9-14B-18
Utilization of services provided by state departments.
Repealed by Act 2013-222, §11, effective August 1, 2013.
(Act 2001-972, 2001 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 884, §18.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14B - Gulf State Park Improvement Act. › Section 9-14B-19 - Additional Powers of the Department.

Section 9-14B-19
Additional powers of the department.
Repealed by Act 2013-222, §11, effective August 1, 2013.
(Act 2001-972, 2001 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 884, §19.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14B - Gulf State Park Improvement Act. › Section 9-14B-20 - Validation of Bonds.

Section 9-14B-20
Validation of bonds.
Repealed by Act 2013-222, §11, effective August 1, 2013.
(Act 2001-972, 2001 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 884, §20.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14B - Gulf State Park Improvement Act. › Section 9-14B-21 - Validation of Funding Agreement.

Section 9-14B-21
Validation of funding agreement.
Repealed by Act 2013-222, §11, effective August 1, 2013.
(Act 2001-972, 2001 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 884, §21.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14B - Gulf State Park Improvement Act. › Section 9-14B-22 - Liberal Construction.

Section 9-14B-22
Liberal construction.
Repealed by Act 2013-222, §11, effective August 1, 2013.
(Act 2001-972, 2001 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 884, §23.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14C - Red Mountain Greenway and Recreational Area Commission. › Section 9-14C-1 - Legislative Findings.

Section 9-14C-1
Legislative findings.
(a) The Legislature finds that the land now known as Red Mountain Greenway and Recreational Area, the principal iron ore mining location for the Birmingham steel industry, contains a number of nationally significant historic mining sites, is critical to connecting a 64-mile network of trails and greenways within Greater Birmingham, and is suitable for the development of athletic complexes that could serve the entire region and state.
(b) It is further found that the preservation of the land known as Red Mountain Greenway and Recreational Area would place Birmingham first in the nation in the total acreage of green and open space per capita and would provide for alternative transportation routes for the citizens of the region.
(c) It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state to promote open space for physical activity in order to promote better health and combat obesity, including recreational space, and to preserve, restore, maintain, and promote historic sites and related relics.
(Act 2006-542, p. 1256, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14C - Red Mountain Greenway and Recreational Area Commission. › Section 9-14C-2 - Creation; Purpose.

Section 9-14C-2
Creation; purpose.
There is created the Red Mountain Greenway and Recreational Area Commission to acquire, establish, operate, and maintain as a greenway, recreational and educational area, alternative transportation route, and historic site the land and buildings in Jefferson County along Red Mountain in Birmingham. The purpose of the commission shall be to own, preserve, restore, maintain, and promote as a greenway, recreational area, or historic site the land and relics of the property known as Red Mountain Greenway and Recreational Area, and, in recognition of the important role played by the steel industry in the development of this state, to exhibit this property as an example of the process of mining minerals necessary for the production of steel in this state's early days.
(Act 2006-542, p. 1256, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14C - Red Mountain Greenway and Recreational Area Commission. › Section 9-14C-3 - Composition.

Section 9-14C-3
Composition.
The commission shall be composed of 15 members. One member shall be appointed by USS Real Estate, two members shall be appointed by the Fresh Water Land Trust, one member shall be appointed by the Jefferson County Commission, one member shall be appointed by the Mayor of the City of Birmingham, two members shall be appointed by the Jefferson County Mayors Association, chosen in a manner prescribed by the association, two members shall be appointed by the Jefferson County Legislative delegation, one member appointed by the House membership and one member appointed by the Senate membership, and the remaining four members shall be appointed by the Governor. When appointing members to the board, the Governor shall select citizens who are outstanding in the fields of historic preservation, education, landscape architecture, land planning, law enforcement, manufacture and processing, business and commercial enterprise, engineering and industrial development, natural resources, electric and gas utilities, industrial real estate and industrial property management, law, banking and finance, labor relations, or mass communications. One of the first members appointed by the Governor shall be appointed for a two-year term, one shall be appointed for a four-year term, and one shall be appointed for a six-year term. The first member appointed by USS Real Estate and the first member appointed by the Fresh Water Land Trust shall be appointed for six-year terms. One member shall be appointed by the Mayor of Birmingham. One member shall be appointed by the Birmingham City Council and two members shall be appointed by the Jefferson County Commission, and one member appointed by the Fresh Water Land Trust shall all be appointed for four-year terms. The members appointed by the Jefferson County Legislative delegation shall all be appointed for four-year terms. The first two members appointed by the Jefferson County Mayors Association shall be appointed for two-year terms. Successors to these first members shall all be appointed for four-year terms. Vacancies on the board during a term shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term in the same manner and by the same appointing authority as the member whose place is being filled.
The membership of the commission shall be inclusive and reflect the racial, gender, geographic, urban/rural, and economic diversity of the state. The commission shall annually report to the Legislature by the second legislative day of each regular session to what extent the commission has complied with the diversity provisions provided for in this article.
(Act 2006-542, p. 1256, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14C - Red Mountain Greenway and Recreational Area Commission. › Section 9-14C-4 - Compensation.

Section 9-14C-4
Compensation.
No member of the commission shall receive any pay or emolument other than expenses incurred in the discharge of duties as a member of the commission. Expenses shall be paid in the amounts provided for in Article 2, commencing with Section 36-7-20, of Chapter 7 of Title 36, and shall be paid from the funds of the commission.
(Act 2006-542, p. 1256, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14C - Red Mountain Greenway and Recreational Area Commission. › Section 9-14C-5 - Meetings; Functions; Officers; Advisory Board.

Section 9-14C-5
Meetings; functions; officers; advisory board.
(a) The commission shall hold an annual meeting in Jefferson County. A majority of members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Additional meetings may be held at the times and places within the state as may be necessary, desirable, or convenient upon call of the chair, or in the case of his or her absence or incapacity, of the vice-chair, or on the call of any three members of the commission.
(b) The commission shall determine and establish its own organization and procedure in accordance with this article and shall have an official seal.
(c) The commission shall have the right to rename the Red Mountain Greenway and Recreational Area as it determines.
(d) The commission shall elect a chair, vice-chair, secretary, and treasurer, and such officers shall hold office for a period of one year or until a successor is elected. Neither the secretary nor the treasurer need be members of the commission. The commission may require that the treasurer be bonded in an amount to be determined by the commission.
(e) The commission may establish an advisory board to make recommendations to the commission on operational, fund raising, legal, technical, or other matters.
(Act 2006-542, p. 1256, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14C - Red Mountain Greenway and Recreational Area Commission. › Section 9-14C-6 - Powers and Duties.

Section 9-14C-6
Powers and duties.
The commission shall constitute a body corporate and shall have, in addition to those set forth specifically in this article, all powers necessary or convenient to effect the purposes for which it has been established under and by the terms of this article, together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to the discharge of its powers and duties.
(Act 2006-542, p. 1256, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14C - Red Mountain Greenway and Recreational Area Commission. › Section 9-14C-7 - Designation as State Agency; Rules and Regulations; Law Enforcement Officers.

Section 9-14C-7
Designation as state agency; rules and regulations; law enforcement officers.
(a) The commission shall be a state agency and shall have exclusive control over the Red Mountain Greenway and Recreational Area and the area appurtenant thereto, all improvements and exhibits located thereon, and any additions constructed, created, leased, acquired, or erected in connection therewith.
(b) The commission shall have the power and authority to establish and promulgate and from time to time alter, amend, or repeal rules concerning the preservation, protection, and use of the Red Mountain Greenway and Recreational Area and to maintain the peace therein. Any person who violates any rule of the commission shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both, and may be adjudged to pay all costs of the proceedings.
(c) The commission may designate any employee or employees of the commission as law enforcement officers, who shall have full authority to prefer charges against or make arrests of any person or persons violating any rule of the commission, in lieu of or in conjunction with the other law enforcement agencies.
(Act 2006-542, p. 1256, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14C - Red Mountain Greenway and Recreational Area Commission. › Section 9-14C-8 - Employees of State; Insurance, Retirement, or Pension Contributions.

Section 9-14C-8
Employees of state; insurance, retirement, or pension contributions.
(a) Employees of the Red Mountain Greenway and Recreational Area Commission shall not be employees of the state, but shall be treated as state employees for the purpose of participating in any insurance or retirement/pension programs provided for state employees.
(b) The Red Mountain Greenway and Recreational Area Commission may pay the employer’s contributions to any insurance or retirement/pension programs out of any funds appropriated or available to the commission for any purpose whatsoever, and the commission may deduct the employee’s contributions for the programs by means of payroll deductions or otherwise from any salary or compensation paid employees.
(Act 2006-542, p. 1256, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14C - Red Mountain Greenway and Recreational Area Commission. › Section 9-14C-9 - Control of Property; Bonds.

Section 9-14C-9
Control of property; bonds.
(a) The commission may take possession under a lease or a deed of the land and other property in Jefferson County known as Red Mountain Greenway and Recreational Area, which is now owned by USS Real Estate or other entities and located along Red Mountain in Birmingham. The commission is further authorized to lease, accept as a gift or loan, or otherwise acquire any other property, real or personal, including gifts or bequests or other things of value to be used in fulfilling the purpose for which it is established or for any auxiliary purpose incidental or appropriate thereto.
(b) The commission may borrow money and issue revenue bonds in evidence thereof, but the bonds shall not be general obligations of the State of Alabama or any agency or any political subdivision thereof and must be publicly bid. The commission may pledge property, real or personal, to the repayment thereof and may pledge the proceeds derived from admission fees or charges or other fees or charges made in connection with the greenway, recreational area, or historical site.
(Act 2006-542, p. 1256, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14C - Red Mountain Greenway and Recreational Area Commission. › Section 9-14C-10 - Operation of Site.

Section 9-14C-10
Operation of site.
(a) The commission shall operate or provide for the operation of the greenway, recreational area, or historic site hereby provided for, and any appurtenances thereto, in a manner as to facilitate its use and exhibition to the public either with or without a charge. If the commission decides that a charge is appropriate, then the commission shall fix and provide for the collection of the charge or charges as it deems appropriate for admission to the greenway, recreational area, or historic site and for the use, viewing of, or other enjoyment of exhibits and other facilities appurtenant to the site.
(b) The commission may enter into agreements with any civic organization, lay group, business or industrial organization, professional organization, nonprofit organization, or governmental organization relative to the general management of the site. The commission may accept gratuitous services from individuals, organizations, and governmental entities and may employ hosts or hostesses, guards, superintendents, and other employees as in its opinion are needed for the operation and exhibition of the greenway, recreational area, or historic site.
(Act 2006-542, p. 1256, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14C - Red Mountain Greenway and Recreational Area Commission. › Section 9-14C-11 - Appropriation of Funds.

Section 9-14C-11
Appropriation of funds.
The governing body of any county or municipality in this state, by resolution duly adopted and recorded, may appropriate to the commission any available public funds not otherwise pledged.
(Act 2006-542, p. 1256, §11.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14C - Red Mountain Greenway and Recreational Area Commission. › Section 9-14C-12 - Tax Exemption.

Section 9-14C-12
Tax exemption.
The commission shall have tax exempt status, and the properties of the commission and the income therefrom, all lease agreements and contracts made by it, all bonds issued by it and the coupons applicable thereto and the income therefrom, and all indentures executed with respect thereto shall be forever exempt from any and all taxation and fees by the State of Alabama and any political subdivision thereof, including, but not limited to, income, admission, amusement, excise, and ad valorem taxes.
(Act 2006-542, p. 1256, §12.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14C - Red Mountain Greenway and Recreational Area Commission. › Section 9-14C-13 - Cooperative Agreements and Assistance.

Section 9-14C-13
Cooperative agreements and assistance.
The commission may offer technical or financial assistance and enter into cooperative agreements with other greenway, public open space, recreational area, educational, or related mining and steel industrial preservation projects in Alabama as funds are available.
(Act 2006-542, p. 1256, §13.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14D - Sale and Lease of State Park Property. › Section 9-14D-1 - Legislative Approval of Sale or Lease.

Section 9-14D-1
Legislative approval of sale or lease.
Repealed by Act 2013-222, §11, effective August 1, 2013.
(Act 2009-466, p. 826, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14D - Sale and Lease of State Park Property. › Section 9-14D-2 - Property Excluded.

Section 9-14D-2
Property excluded.
Repealed by Act 2013-222, §11, effective August 1, 2013.
(Act 2009-466, p. 826, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14D - Sale and Lease of State Park Property. › Section 9-14D-3 - Lease Terms; Competitive Bidding.

Section 9-14D-3
Lease terms; competitive bidding.
Repealed by Act 2013-222, §11, effective August 1, 2013.
(Act 2009-466, p. 826, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14D - Sale and Lease of State Park Property. › Section 9-14D-4 - Convention Facility Upkeep and Maintenance.

Section 9-14D-4
Convention facility upkeep and maintenance.
Repealed by Act 2013-222, §11, effective August 1, 2013.
(Act 2009-466, p. 826, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 14D - Sale and Lease of State Park Property. › Section 9-14D-5 - Construction of Chapter.

Section 9-14D-5
Construction of chapter.
Repealed by Act 2013-222, §11, effective August 1, 2013.
(Act 2009-466, p. 826, §5.)