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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 4 - Aviation. › Chapter 3 - Airport Authorities. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 4-3-1 - Definitions.

Section 4-3-1
Definitions.
When used in this article, unless the context plainly indicates otherwise, the present tense shall include the future tense, the singular shall include the plural, the plural shall include the singular and the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
(1) AIRCRAFT. Any contrivance now known or hereafter invented, used or designed for navigation of or flight in the air, except a parachute or other contrivance designed for use primarily as safety equipment.
(2) AIRPORT. Any area of land or water which is used, or intended for use, for the landing, taking-off, storage, parking or dispersal of aircraft, and any appurtenant areas which are used, or intended for use, for airport buildings, facilities or rights-of-way, together with all airport buildings, structures and facilities located thereon.
(3) AIRPORT BUILDING. Any building used or to be used in connection with the construction, enlargement, development, maintenance or operation of an airport or heliport or in connection with the exercise of any power of the authority.
(4) AIRPORT FACILITY. Any building, structure, land, right-of-way, equipment or instrumentality used or to be used in connection with the construction, enlargement, development, maintenance or operation of an airport or heliport or in connection with the exercise of any power of the authority.
(5) AIR NAVIGATION FACILITY. Any facility used in, available for use in, or designed for use, in aid of air navigation, including any structures, mechanisms, lights, beacons, markers, communicating systems or other instrumentalities or devices used or useful as an aid or constituting an advantage or convenience to the safe taking-off, navigation and landing of aircraft, or the safe and efficient operation or maintenance of an airport, and any combination of any or all of such facilities.
(6) AUTHORITY. A public corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this article.
(7) AUTHORIZING SUBDIVISION. Any county, city or town in this state whose governing body receives an application for permission to organize an authority.
(8) BOARD. The board of directors of the authority.
(9) BOND. Any bond authorized to be issued pursuant to the provisions of this article.
(10) COUPON. Any interest coupon evidencing an installment of interest payable with respect to a bond.
(11) DIRECTOR. A member of the board of directors of the authority.
(12) HELIPORT. An airport designed primarily for use by helicopters.
(13) INDENTURE. A mortgage, an indenture of mortgage, deed of trust, trust agreement or trust indenture executed by the authority as security for bonds.
(14) STATE. The State of Alabama.
(Acts 1963, No. 265, p. 696, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 4 - Aviation. › Chapter 3 - Airport Authorities. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 4-3-2 - Procedure for Incorporation.

Section 4-3-2
Procedure for incorporation.
Pursuant to the provisions of this article, airport authorities may be organized as public corporations with the powers herein set forth. To organize such a corporation, not less than three natural persons shall file with the governing body of any one or more counties, cities or towns within this state an application in writing for permission to incorporate a public corporation under the provisions of this article and shall attach to such application a proposed form of certificate of incorporation for such corporation. If each governing body with which the application is filed shall adopt a resolution (which need not be published or posted) approving the form of such certificate of incorporation and authorizing the formation of such a public corporation, then said applicants shall become the incorporators of and shall proceed to incorporate the authority as a public corporation in the manner hereinafter provided, using for that purpose the form of the certificate so approved.
(Acts 1963, No. 265, p. 696, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 4 - Aviation. › Chapter 3 - Airport Authorities. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 4-3-3 - Contents of Certificate of Incorporation.

Section 4-3-3
Contents of certificate of incorporation.
The certificate of incorporation of the authority shall state:
(1) The names of the persons forming the authority, together with the residence of each thereof, and a statement that each of them is a duly qualified elector of and owner of property in the state;
(2) The name of the authority (which name shall include the words "airport authority");
(3) The period for the duration of the authority (if the duration is to be perpetual, that fact shall be so stated);
(4) The name of each of the authorizing subdivisions, together with the date on which the governing body thereof adopted a resolution authorizing the incorporation of the authority;
(5) The proposed location of the principal office of the authority, which shall be in this state; and
(6) Any other matters relating to the authority that the incorporators may choose to insert and that are not inconsistent with this article or with the laws of the state.
(Acts 1963, No. 265, p. 696, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 4 - Aviation. › Chapter 3 - Airport Authorities. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 4-3-4 - Execution and Recordation of Certificate of Incorporation.

Section 4-3-4
Execution and recordation of certificate of incorporation.
The certificate of incorporation of the authority shall be signed and acknowledged by the incorporators before an officer authorized by the laws of the state to take acknowledgments to deeds and shall have attached thereto a certified copy of each of the resolutions provided for in Section 4-3-2 and a certificate by the Secretary of State that the name proposed for the authority is not identical to that of any other corporation organized under the laws of the state or so nearly similar thereto as to lead to confusion and uncertainty. The certificate of incorporation of the authority, together with the documents required by the preceding sentence to be attached thereto, shall be filed for record in the office of the judge of probate of the county specified in the certificate of incorporation as the county in which the principal office of the authority shall be located. The judge of probate shall forthwith receive and record the same. When such a certificate of incorporation and attached documents have been so filed, the authority referred to therein shall come into existence and shall constitute a public corporation under the name set forth in such certificate of incorporation, whereupon the authority shall be vested with the rights and powers herein granted.
(Acts 1963, No. 265, p. 696, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 4 - Aviation. › Chapter 3 - Airport Authorities. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 4-3-6 - Officers of Authority.

Section 4-3-6
Officers of authority.
The officers of the authority shall consist of a chairman, a vice-chairman, a secretary, a treasurer and such other officers as the board shall deem necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the authority was organized. The chairman, vice-chairman and secretary of the authority shall be elected by the board from its membership, but neither the treasurer nor any of the other officers of the authority need be a member of the board of directors. The offices of secretary and treasurer may, but need not be, held by the same person. The chairman, vice-chairman and secretary of the authority shall be elected by the board for a term of one year, and the treasurer and the other officers of the authority shall be elected by the board for such term as it deems advisable. The board shall have also the authority to employ all personnel as it deems necessary and to fix the terms and conditions of their employment. The duties of the chairman, vice-chairman, secretary and treasurer shall be such as are customarily performed by such officers and as may be prescribed by the board. The duties of any other officer of the authority shall be such as are from time to time prescribed by the board.
(Acts 1963, No. 265, p. 696, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 4 - Aviation. › Chapter 3 - Airport Authorities. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 4-3-7 - Immunity of Authority and Directors From Liability for Negligence.

Section 4-3-7
Immunity of authority and directors from liability for negligence.
No action or suit shall be brought or maintained against the authority, or any director thereof, for or on account of the negligence of such authority or director or its or his agents, servants or employees, in or about the construction, maintenance, operation, superintendence or management of any airport, heliport or other facility owned or controlled by the authority.
(Acts 1963, No. 265, p. 696, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 4 - Aviation. › Chapter 3 - Airport Authorities. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 4-3-8 - Exemption of Bonds, Property and Income of Authority From Taxation; Concessionaires, Tenants, etc., Subject to State and Local Taxation.

Section 4-3-8
Exemption of bonds, property and income of authority from taxation; concessionaires, tenants, etc., subject to state and local taxation.
The bonds issued by the authority and the income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation in the state. All property and income of the authority shall be exempt from all state, county, municipal and other local taxation; provided, however, that this exemption shall not be construed to exempt concessionaires, licensees, tenants, operators or lessees of the authority from the payment of any taxes, including licenses or privilege taxes levied by the state, the county or any municipality in the state.
(Acts 1963, No. 265, p. 696, §16.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 4 - Aviation. › Chapter 3 - Airport Authorities. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 4-3-9 - Tax or License for Use of Public Streets, etc., Leading to or From Airport, etc., Prohibited.

Section 4-3-9
Tax or license for use of public streets, etc., leading to or from airport, etc., prohibited.
No county, city or town may require the payment of any tax or privilege license by any person, firm or corporation for the reasonable use of the public streets, roads or highways therein leading to or from any airport, heliport or aircraft landing area owned or operated by or under the jurisdiction of such authority.
(Acts 1971, No. 2251, p. 3614, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 4 - Aviation. › Chapter 3 - Airport Authorities. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 4-3-10 - Exemption From State Contracting, Purchasing and Zoning Restrictions; Zoning Powers.

Section 4-3-10
Exemption from state contracting, purchasing and zoning restrictions; zoning powers.
Authorities organized pursuant to this article shall be exempt from the laws relating to the advertising and award of construction contracts and purchase contracts made by or in behalf of the state and its departments and shall be exempt from all zoning laws, ordinances and regulations, but nothing herein shall exempt such authorities from laws relating to surety bond requirements for such contracts. Any authority organized pursuant to the provisions of this article shall have the same zoning powers, with respect to the zoning of airports in unincorporated areas owned or operated by such authority and the zoning of unincorporated areas lying within two miles of the boundaries of such airports, as are conferred by Sections 4-6-1 to 4-6-15 on municipalities owning or operating airports.
(Acts 1963, No. 265, p. 696, §20.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 4 - Aviation. › Chapter 3 - Airport Authorities. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 4-3-12 - Federal and State Aid.

Section 4-3-12
Federal and state aid.
The authority is authorized to accept, receive, receipt for, disburse and expend federal and state moneys and other moneys, public or private, made available by grant or loan, or both, to accomplish, in whole or in part, any of the purposes of this article. All federal moneys accepted under this section shall be accepted and expended by the authority upon such terms and conditions as are prescribed by the United States and as are not inconsistent with the laws of this state, and all state moneys accepted under this section shall be accepted and expended by the authority upon such terms and conditions as are prescribed by law.
(Acts 1963, No. 265, p. 696, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 4 - Aviation. › Chapter 3 - Airport Authorities. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 4-3-13 - Assistance and Cooperation by Counties, Municipalities, Etc.

Section 4-3-13
Assistance and cooperation by counties, municipalities, etc.
For the purpose of aiding and cooperating with the authority in the planning, development, undertaking, construction, extension, improvement or operation of airports, heliports and air navigation facilities, any county, city, town or other political subdivision, public corporation, agency or instrumentality of this state may, upon such terms and with or without consideration as it may determine:
(1) Lend or donate money to the authority;
(2) Provide that all or a portion of the taxes or funds available, or to become available to it, or required by law to be used by it, for airport purposes shall be transferred or paid directly to the authority as such funds become available to it;
(3) Cause water, sewer or drainage facilities or any other facilities which it is empowered to provide to be furnished adjacent to or in connection with such airports, heliports or air navigation facilities;
(4) Donate, sell, convey, transfer or lease to the authority any land, property, franchise, grant, easement, license or lease which it may own;
(5) Donate, sell, convey or lease any airport, airport property, heliport or heliport property, or any interest in any thereof owned by it, to the authority;
(6) Donate, transfer, assign, sell or convey to the authority any right, title or interest which it may have in any lease, contract, agreement, license or property;
(7) Furnish, dedicate, close, pave, repair, install, grade, regrade, plan or replan streets, roads, roadways and walks from established streets or roads to such airports or air navigation facilities or abutting or adjacent to such airports or air navigation facilities;
(8) Do any and all things, whether or not specifically authorized in this section and not otherwise prohibited by law, that are necessary or convenient to aid and cooperate with the authority in the planning, undertaking, construction or operation of airports, heliports and air navigation facilities; and
(9) Furnish at the request of the authority fire and air crash equipment of all kinds and personnel to properly operate such equipment at any airport, heliport or aircraft landing area owned, operated or under the jurisdiction of the authority.
(Acts 1963, No. 265, p. 696, §9; Acts 1971, No. 2251, p. 3614, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 4 - Aviation. › Chapter 3 - Airport Authorities. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 4-3-14 - Issuance and Sale of Bonds by Authority; Form, Denominations, Terms, etc., of Bonds.

Section 4-3-14
Issuance and sale of bonds by authority; form, denominations, terms, etc., of bonds.
The authority shall have the power and is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time to issue and sell its interest-bearing revenue bonds for any of its corporate purposes. The principal of and the interest on all such bonds shall be payable solely from, and may be secured by a pledge of, the revenues derived by the authority from the operation of any or all of its airports, heliports, facilities and other property. None of the bonds issued or contracts entered into by the authority shall ever constitute or create an obligation or debt of the state or of any county, city or town within the state, or a charge against the credit or taxing powers of the state or of any county, city or town within the state. Bonds of the authority may be issued at any time and from time to time, may be in such form and denominations, may be of such tenor, may be payable in such installments and at such time or times not exceeding 40 years from their date, may be payable at such place or places whether within or without the state and may bear interest at such rate or rates payable and evidenced in such manner, all as shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter and as may be provided in the proceedings of the board wherein the bonds shall be authorized to be issued. Any bond having a stated maturity more than 10 years after its date shall be made subject to redemption at the option of the authority not later than the expiration of 10 years from its date and on any interest payment date thereafter at such price or prices and after such notice or notices and on such terms and in such manner as may be provided in the proceedings of the board wherein it is authorized to be issued. Bonds of the authority may be sold at public or private sale in such manner and from time to time as may be determined by the board. The authority may pay all reasonable expenses, premiums, fees and commissions that the board may deem necessary or advantageous in connection with the authorization, sale and issuance of its bonds. All bonds shall contain a recital that they are issued pursuant to the provisions of this article, which recital shall be conclusive that they have been duly authorized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. Neither a public hearing nor consent of the State Department of Finance shall be prerequisite to the issuance of bonds by any authority. Notwithstanding the fact that they are payable solely from a specified source, all bonds issued under the provisions of this article shall be deemed negotiable instruments within the meaning of the negotiable instruments law of the state if they otherwise possess all the characteristics of negotiable instruments under the laws of the state.
(Acts 1963, No. 265, p. 696, §11.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 4 - Aviation. › Chapter 3 - Airport Authorities. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 4-3-15 - Publication of Notice of Bond Resolution; Limitation Period for Proceedings to Challenge Validity of Bonds, Proceedings for Issuance, Etc.

Section 4-3-15
Publication of notice of bond resolution; limitation period for proceedings to challenge validity of bonds, proceedings for issuance, etc.
Upon the adoption by the board of any resolution providing for the issuance of bonds, the authority may, in its discretion, cause to be published, once a week for two consecutive weeks, in a newspaper that is customarily published in this state not less than five days in each calendar week and distributed in the county in which is located the principal office of the authority, a notice in substantially the following form (the blanks being properly filled in) at the end of which there shall be printed the name and title of either the chairman or secretary of the authority:
"_____________, a public corporation of the State of Alabama, on the ____ day of ______, authorized the issuance of $_____ principal amount of revenue bonds of the said corporation for purposes authorized in the act of the Legislature of Alabama under which the said corporation was organized. Any action or proceeding questioning the validity of the said bonds, or the pledge and any instruments securing such bonds, or the proceedings authorizing the same, must be commenced within 30 days after the first publication of this notice."
Any action or proceeding in any court to set aside or question the proceedings for the issuance of the bonds referred to in said notice or to contest the validity of any such bonds or the validity of the pledge and any instruments made to secure such bonds must be commenced within 30 days after the first publication of such notice. After the expiration of the said period, no right of action or defense questioning or attacking the validity of the said proceedings, the said bonds or the said pledge or instruments shall be asserted, nor shall the validity of the said proceedings, bonds, pledge or instruments be open to question in any court on any ground whatsoever except in an action commenced within such period.
(Acts 1963, No. 265, p. 696, §19.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 4 - Aviation. › Chapter 3 - Airport Authorities. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 4-3-16 - Execution and Delivery of Bonds.

Section 4-3-16
Execution and delivery of bonds.
All bonds shall be signed by the chairman or vice-chairman and the secretary or treasurer of the authority and the seal of the authority shall be affixed thereto; provided, that a facsimile of the signature of one, but not both, of the officers whose signatures will appear on the bonds may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced thereon in lieu of his manually signing the same; provided further, that a facsimile of the seal of the authority may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the bonds in lieu of being manually affixed thereto. Coupons shall be signed by the chairman or vice-chairman and the secretary or treasurer of the authority, but a facsimile of the signature of such chairman or vice-chairman and such secretary or treasurer may be impressed or otherwise reproduced on any such interest coupons in lieu of their manually signing the same. Delivery of bonds so executed shall be valid notwithstanding any changes in officers or in the seal of the authority after the signing and sealing of the bonds.
(Acts 1963, No. 265, p. 696, §12.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 4 - Aviation. › Chapter 3 - Airport Authorities. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 4-3-18 - Use of Proceeds From Sale of Bonds.

Section 4-3-18
Use of proceeds from sale of bonds.
The proceeds derived from the sale of any bonds (other than refunding bonds) may be used only to pay the cost of acquiring, constructing, improving, enlarging and equipping the airport, facilities or property with respect to which they were issued, as may be specified in the proceedings in which the bonds are authorized to be issued. Such cost shall be deemed to include the following: the cost of any land forming a part of such airport, facilities or property; the cost of labor, material and supplies used in any such construction, improvement or enlargement, including architects' and engineers' fees and the cost of preparing contract documents and advertising for bids; the purchase price of and the cost of installing equipment for the airport, facilities or property; the cost of landscaping the lands forming a part of such airport, facilities or property and of constructing and installing roads, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, utilities and parking places in connection with the airport, facilities or property; legal, fiscal and recording fees and expenses incurred in connection with the authorization, sale and issuance of the bonds issued in connection with such airport, facilities or property; and interest on said bonds for a reasonable period prior to and during the time required for such construction and equipment and for not exceeding 18 months after completion of such construction and equipment. If any of the proceeds derived from the sale of said bonds remain undisbursed after completion of such work and payment of all of the said costs and expenses, such balance shall be used for retirement of the principal of the bonds of the same issue.
(Acts 1963, No. 265, p. 696, §14.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 4 - Aviation. › Chapter 3 - Airport Authorities. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 4-3-19 - Refunding Bonds.

Section 4-3-19
Refunding bonds.
The authority may at any time and from time to time issue refunding bonds for the purpose of refunding the principal of and the interest on any bonds of the authority theretofore issued hereunder and then outstanding, whether or not such principal and interest shall have matured at the time of such refunding and for the payment of any expenses incurred in connection with such refunding and any premium necessary to be paid in order to redeem, retire or purchase for retirement the bonds to be refunded. The proceeds derived from the sale of any refunding bonds shall be used only for the purposes for which the refunding bonds were authorized to be issued. Any such refunding may be effected either by sale of the refunding bonds and the application of the proceeds thereof or by exchange of the refunding bonds for the bonds or interest coupons to be refunded thereby; provided, that the holders of any bonds or coupons so to be refunded shall not be compelled without their consent to surrender their bonds or coupons for payment or exchange prior to the date on which they may be paid or redeemed by call of the authority under their respective provisions. All provisions of this article pertaining to bonds of the authority that are not inconsistent with the provisions of this section shall, to the extent applicable, also apply to refunding bonds issued by the authority. The authority may at any time and from time to time issue bonds for the purpose of so refunding the principal of and the interest on any of its bonds and for any other purpose for which it is authorized to issue bonds, in which event the provisions hereof respecting refunding bonds shall apply only to that portion of such combined issue authorized for refunding purposes, and the provisions hereof respecting other financing shall apply to the remaining portion of such combined issue.
(Acts 1963, No. 265, p. 696, §15.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 4 - Aviation. › Chapter 3 - Airport Authorities. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 4-3-20 - Investment of County, Municipal, etc., Funds in Bonds.

Section 4-3-20
Investment of county, municipal, etc., funds in bonds.
The governing body of any county, city or town within this state is authorized, in its discretion, to invest in bonds of the authority any idle or surplus money held in its treasury.
(Acts 1963, No. 265, p. 696, §17.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 4 - Aviation. › Chapter 3 - Airport Authorities. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 4-3-21 - Eligibility of Bonds as Investments for Trusts, Savings Banks, Insurance Companies, Etc.

Section 4-3-21
Eligibility of bonds as investments for trusts, savings banks, insurance companies, etc.
Bonds issued under the provisions of this article are hereby made legal investments for executors, administrators, trustees and other fiduciaries, unless otherwise directed by the court having jurisdiction of the fiduciary relation or by the document that is the source of the fiduciary's authority. Such bonds shall be legal investments for savings banks and insurance companies organized under the laws of the state.
(Acts 1963, No. 265, p. 696, §18.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 4 - Aviation. › Chapter 3 - Airport Authorities. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 4-3-22 - Procedure for Dissolution of Authority.

Section 4-3-22
Procedure for dissolution of authority.
At any time when no bonds of the authority are outstanding, the authority may be dissolved upon the filing with the judge of probate in the county in which is filed the certificate of incorporation of an application for dissolution, which shall be subscribed by each of the members of the authority and sworn to by each member before an officer authorized to take acknowledgments to deeds. Upon the filing of such application for dissolution, the authority shall cease to exist. Said probate judge shall receive and record the application for dissolution in an appropriate book of record in his office. Upon dissolution, all rights, title and interests of the authority in property shall be vested in the authorizing subdivisions pursuant to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation or, in the absence of such provisions, shall be vested in the authorizing subdivisions, share and share alike.
(Acts 1963, No. 265, p. 696, §21.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 4 - Aviation. › Chapter 3 - Airport Authorities. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 4-3-23 - Certain Contracts or Legal Actions Validated.

Section 4-3-23
Certain contracts or legal actions validated.
All contracts entered into or legal actions instituted prior to or after October 1, 1971, by any de facto or de jure authority organized under this article are hereby validated.
(Acts 1971, No. 2251, p. 3614, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 4 - Aviation. › Chapter 3 - Airport Authorities. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 4-3-24 - Provisions of Article Cumulative.

Section 4-3-24
Provisions of article cumulative.
The provisions of this article are cumulative and shall not be deemed to repeal existing laws, except to the extent such laws are clearly inconsistent with provisions of this article.
(Acts 1963, No. 265, p. 696, §22.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 4 - Aviation. › Chapter 3 - Airport Authorities. › Article 2 - Alternate Procedure for Incorporation. › Section 4-3-42 - Certificate of Incorporation - Contents.

Section 4-3-42
Certificate of incorporation - Contents.
The certificate of incorporation of the authority shall state:
(1) The names of the persons forming the authority, together with the residence of each thereof, and a statement that each of them is a duly qualified elector of and owner of property in the state;
(2) The name of the authority (which shall include the words "airport authority" or "airport and industrial authority");
(3) The period for the duration of the authority (if the duration is to be perpetual, that fact shall be so stated);
(4) The name of each of the authorizing subdivisions, together with the date on which the governing body thereof adopted a resolution authorizing the incorporation of the authority;
(5) The proposed location of the principal office of the authority, which shall be in this state; and
(6) Any other matters relating to the authority that the incorporators may choose to insert and that is not inconsistent with this article or with the laws of the state.
(Acts 1977, No. 331, p. 433, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 4 - Aviation. › Chapter 3 - Airport Authorities. › Article 2 - Alternate Procedure for Incorporation. › Section 4-3-43 - Certificate of Incorporation - Execution and Recordation.

Section 4-3-43
Certificate of incorporation - Execution and recordation.
The certificate of incorporation of the authority shall be signed and acknowledged by the incorporators before an officer authorized by the laws of the state to take acknowledgments to deeds and shall have attached thereto a certified copy of each of the resolutions provided for in Section 4-3-41 and a certificate by the Secretary of State that the name proposed for the authority is not identical to that of any other corporation organized under the laws of the state or so nearly similar thereto as to lead to confusion and uncertainty. The certificate of incorporation of the authority, together with the documents required by the preceding sentence to be attached thereto, shall be filed for record in the office of the judge of probate of the county specified in the certificate of incorporation as the county in which principal office of the authority shall be located. The judge of probate shall forthwith receive and record the same. When such a certificate of incorporation and attached documents have been so filed, the authority referred to therein shall come into existence and shall constitute a public corporation under the name set forth in such certificate of incorporation, whereupon the authority shall be vested with the rights and powers granted in this article.
(Acts 1977, No. 331, p. 433, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 4 - Aviation. › Chapter 3 - Airport Authorities. › Article 2 - Alternate Procedure for Incorporation. › Section 4-3-44 - Certificate of Incorporation - Amendment.

Section 4-3-44
Certificate of incorporation - Amendment.
The certificate of incorporation of an authority may be amended to change or modify any provision or to add any provision which could have been included in the original certificate of incorporation. The amendment shall be effected in the following manner: The certificate of amendment shall be signed and acknowledged by each director before an officer authorized by the laws of the state to take acknowledgments of deeds and shall have attached thereto a certified copy of a resolution consenting to such amendment adopted by the authorizing subdivision or the authorizing subdivisions. Such certificate of amendment and certified copies of a resolution or resolutions shall be filed for record in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which the certificate of incorporation was filed. The judge of probate shall forthwith receive and record such certificate of amendment and attached documents. When such certificate of amendment and attached documents have been so filed, the amendment shall become effective as therein provided.
(Acts 1977, No. 331, p. 433, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 4 - Aviation. › Chapter 3 - Airport Authorities. › Article 2 - Alternate Procedure for Incorporation. › Section 4-3-46 - Officers of Authority; Personnel.

Section 4-3-46
Officers of authority; personnel.
The officers of the authority shall consist of a chairman, a vice-chairman, a secretary, a treasurer and such other officers as the board shall deem necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the authority was organized. The chairman and vice-chairman shall be elected by the board from its membership, but neither the secretary, the treasurer nor any of the other officers of the authority need be a member of the board of directors. The offices of secretary and treasurer may, but need not, be held by the same person. The chairman and vice-chairman of the authority shall be elected by the board for a term of one year, and the secretary and the treasurer and the other officers of the authority shall be elected by the board for such term as it deems advisable. The board shall have also the authority to employ all personnel as it deems necessary and to fix the terms and conditions of their employment. The duties of the chairman, vice-chairman, secretary and treasurer shall be such as are customarily performed by such officers and as may be prescribed in the bylaws or by the board. The duties of any other officer of the authority shall be such as are from time to time prescribed by the board.
(Acts 1977, No. 331, p. 433, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 4 - Aviation. › Chapter 3 - Airport Authorities. › Article 2 - Alternate Procedure for Incorporation. › Section 4-3-48 - Receipt, Expenditure, etc., of Federal, State and Local Aid.

Section 4-3-48
Receipt, expenditure, etc., of federal, state and local aid.
The authority is authorized to accept, receive, receipt for, disburse and expend federal, state and county or municipal moneys and other moneys, public or private, made available by grant or loan or both, to accomplish, in whole or in part, any of the purposes of this article. All federal moneys accepted under this section shall be accepted and expended by the authority upon such terms and conditions as are prescribed by the United States and as are not inconsistent with the laws of this state, and all state moneys accepted under this section shall be accepted and expended by the authority upon such terms and conditions as are prescribed by law.
(Acts 1977, No. 331, p. 433, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 4 - Aviation. › Chapter 3 - Airport Authorities. › Article 2 - Alternate Procedure for Incorporation. › Section 4-3-49 - Assistance and Cooperation by Counties, Municipalities, Etc.

Section 4-3-49
Assistance and cooperation by counties, municipalities, etc.
For the purpose of aiding and cooperating with the authority in the planning, development, undertaking, construction, extension, improvement or operation of airports, heliports and air navigation facilities and other facilities, any county, municipality or other political subdivision, public corporation, agency or instrumentality of this state may, upon such terms and conditions, with or without consideration, as it may determine:
(1) Lend or donate money to the authority;
(2) Provide that all or a portion of the taxes or funds available or to become available to it or required by law to be used by it for airport purposes shall be transferred or paid directly to the authority as such funds become available to it;
(3) Cause water, sewer, electric, gas or drainage facilities or any other facilities which it is empowered to provide to be furnished adjacent to or in connection with such airports, heliports or air navigation facilities or other facilities;
(4) Donate, sell, convey, transfer or lease to the authority any land, property, franchise, grant, easement, license or lease which it may own;
(5) Donate, sell, convey or lease any airport, airport property, heliport or heliport property or any interest in any thereof owned by it to the authority;
(6) Donate, transfer, assign, sell or convey to the authority any rights, title or interest which it may have in any lease, contract, agreement, license or property;
(7) Furnish, dedicate, close, pave, repair, install, grade, regrade, plan or replan streets, roads, roadways and walks from established streets or roads to such airport or air navigation facilities or abutting or adjacent to such airports or air navigation facilities;
(8) Do any and all things, whether or not specifically authorized in this section and not otherwise prohibited by law, that are necessary or convenient to aid and cooperate with the authority in the planning, undertaking, construction or operation of airports, heliports and air navigation facilities and other facilities; and
(9) Furnish at the request of the authority fire and air crash equipment of all kinds and personnel to properly operate such equipment at any airport, heliport or aircraft landing area owned, operated or under the jurisdiction of the authority.
(Acts 1977, No. 331, p. 433, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 4 - Aviation. › Chapter 3 - Airport Authorities. › Article 2 - Alternate Procedure for Incorporation. › Section 4-3-50 - Civil Actions Against Authority, Directors, Etc.

Section 4-3-50
Civil actions against authority, directors, etc.
No civil action shall be brought or maintained against the authority or any director thereof for or on account of the negligence of such authority or director or its or his agents, servants or employees in or about the construction, maintenance, operation, superintendence or management of any airport, heliport or other facility owned or controlled by the authority.
(Acts 1977, No. 331, p. 433, §11.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 4 - Aviation. › Chapter 3 - Airport Authorities. › Article 2 - Alternate Procedure for Incorporation. › Section 4-3-52 - Bonds - Publication of Notice of Bond; Limitation Period for Actions or Proceedings to Challenge Proceedings for Issuance of Bonds, Etc.

Section 4-3-52
Bonds - Publication of notice of bond; limitation period for actions or proceedings to challenge proceedings for issuance of bonds, etc.
Upon the adoption by the board of any resolution providing for the issuance of bonds, the authority may, in its discretion, cause to be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper that is customarily published in this state not less than five days in each calendar week and distributed in the county in which is located the principal office of the authority, a notice in substantially the following form (the blanks being properly filled in) at the end of which there shall be printed the name and title of either the chairman or secretary of the authority: "_______, a public corporation of the State of Alabama, on the ___ day of ______, authorized the issuance of $____ principal amount of revenue bonds of the said corporation for purposes authorized in the act of the Legislature of Alabama under which the said corporation was organized. Any action or proceeding questioning the validity of the said bonds, or the pledge and any instruments securing such bonds, or the proceedings authorizing the same, must be commenced within 30 days after the first publication of this notice."
Any action or proceeding in any court to set aside or question the proceedings for the issuance of the bonds referred to in said notice or to contest the validity of any such bonds or the validity of the pledge and any instruments made to secure such bonds must be commenced within 30 days after the first publication of such notice. After the expiration of the said period, no right of action or defense questioning or attacking the validity of the said proceedings, the said bonds or the said pledge or instruments shall be asserted, nor shall the validity of the said proceedings, bonds, pledge or instruments be open to question in any court on any ground whatsoever except in an action commenced within such period.
(Acts 1977, No. 331, p. 433, §20.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 4 - Aviation. › Chapter 3 - Airport Authorities. › Article 2 - Alternate Procedure for Incorporation. › Section 4-3-53 - Bonds - Execution and Delivery.

Section 4-3-53
Bonds - Execution and delivery.
All bonds shall be signed by the chairman or vice-chairman and the secretary or treasurer of the authority and the seal of the authority shall be affixed thereto; provided, that a facsimile of the signature of one, but not both, of the officers whose signatures will appear on the bonds may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced thereon in lieu of his manually signing the same; provided further, that a facsimile of the seal of the authority may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the bonds in lieu of being manually affixed thereto. Coupons shall be signed by the chairman or vice-chairman and the secretary or treasurer of the authority, but a facsimile of the signature of such chairman or vice-chairman and such secretary or treasurer may be impressed or otherwise reproduced on any such interest coupons in lieu of their manually signing the same.
Delivery of bonds so executed shall be valid notwithstanding any changes in officers or in the seal of the authority after the signing and sealing of the bonds.
(Acts 1977, No. 331, p. 433, §13.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 4 - Aviation. › Chapter 3 - Airport Authorities. › Article 2 - Alternate Procedure for Incorporation. › Section 4-3-55 - Bonds - Disposition of Proceeds From Sale.

Section 4-3-55
Bonds - Disposition of proceeds from sale.
The proceeds derived from the sale of any bonds, other than refunding bonds, may be used only to pay the cost of acquiring, constructing, improving, enlarging and equipping the airport, facilities or property with respect to which they were issued, as may be specified in the proceedings in which the bonds are authorized to be issued. Such cost shall be deemed to include the following: the cost of any land forming a part of such airport, facilities or property; the cost of labor, material and supplies used in any such construction, improvement or enlargement, including architects' and engineers' fees, and the cost of preparing contract documents and advertising for bids; the purchase price of and the cost of installing equipment for the airport, facilities or property; the cost of landscaping the lands forming a part of such airport, facilities or property and of constructing and installing roads, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, utilities and parking places in connection with the airport, facilities or property; legal, fiscal and recording fees and expenses incurred in connection with the authorization, sale and issuance of the bonds issued in connection with such airport, facilities or property; and interest on said bonds for a reasonable period prior to and during the time required for such construction and equipment and for not exceeding 18 months after completion of such construction and equipment. If any of the proceeds derived from the sale of said bonds remains undisbursed after completion of such work and payment of all of the said costs and expenses, such balance shall be used for retirement of the principal of the bonds of the same issue.
(Acts 1977, No. 331, p. 433, §15.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 4 - Aviation. › Chapter 3 - Airport Authorities. › Article 2 - Alternate Procedure for Incorporation. › Section 4-3-56 - Refunding Bonds.

Section 4-3-56
Refunding bonds.
The authority may at any time and from time to time issue refunding bonds for the purpose of refunding or providing funds to pay the principal of and the interest on any bonds of the authority theretofore issued under this article and then outstanding, whether or not such principal or interest shall have matured at the time of such refunding, and for the payment of any expenses incurred in connection with such refunding and any premium necessary to be paid in order to redeem, retire or purchase for retirement the bonds to be refunded. The proceeds derived from the sale of any refunding bonds shall be used only for the purposes for which the refunding bonds were authorized to be issued. Any such refunding may be effected either by sale of the refunding bonds and the application of the proceeds thereof or by exchange of the refunding bonds for the bonds or interest coupons to be refunded thereby; provided, that the holders of any bonds or coupons so to be refunded shall not be compelled without their consent to surrender their bonds or coupons for payment or exchange prior to the date on which they may be paid or redeemed by call of the authority under their respective provisions. All provisions of this article pertaining to bonds of the authority that are not inconsistent with the provisions of this section shall, to the extent applicable, also apply to refunding bonds issued by the authority. The authority may at any time and from time to time issue bonds for the purpose of so refunding the principal of and the interest on any of its bonds and for any other purpose for which it is authorized to issue bonds, in which event the provisions of this article respecting refunding bonds shall apply to that portion of such combined issue authorized for refunding purposes and the provisions of this article respecting other financing shall apply to the remaining portion of such combined issue.
(Acts 1977, No. 331, p. 433, §16.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 4 - Aviation. › Chapter 3 - Airport Authorities. › Article 2 - Alternate Procedure for Incorporation. › Section 4-3-57 - Investment of County or Municipal Funds in Bonds.

Section 4-3-57
Investment of county or municipal funds in bonds.
The governing body of any county or municipality within this state is authorized, in its discretion, to invest in bonds of the authority any idle or surplus money held in its treasury.
(Acts 1977, No. 331, p. 433, §18.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 4 - Aviation. › Chapter 3 - Airport Authorities. › Article 2 - Alternate Procedure for Incorporation. › Section 4-3-58 - Eligibility of Bonds as Investment for Trusts, Savings Banks, Insurance Companies, Etc.

Section 4-3-58
Eligibility of bonds as investment for trusts, savings banks, insurance companies, etc.
Bonds issued under the provisions of this article are hereby made legal investments for executors, administrators, trustees and other fiduciaries, unless otherwise directed by the court having jurisdiction of the fiduciary relation or by the document that is the source of the fiduciary's authority. Such bonds shall be legal investments for savings banks and insurance companies organized under the laws of the state.
(Acts 1977, No. 331, p. 433, §19.)