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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 50 - Alabama State University. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-50-1 - Degree of Autonomy; Recommendation of Programs to State Agencies in Order to Qualify for Federal, etc., Funds.

Section 16-50-1
Degree of autonomy; recommendation of programs to state agencies in order to qualify for federal, etc., funds.
It is the intention of the Legislature by passage of this chapter that Alabama State University shall enjoy no less and no more autonomy than any other public university in the state and shall offer to all citizens of the state an equal opportunity for quality education.
The board of trustees is hereby authorized at such times as it deems necessary and proper to recommend to any state agency charged with responsibility for statewide planning, coordination or budgeting for programs of instruction, research or public service in the public universities of the state, any program of instruction or service or any other matter consistent with this intent and any action necessary in order to qualify the university for funds and/or services provided by any federal or private agency consistent with such intent, and such state agency shall accept or reject such recommendation and is hereby authorized to grant such recommendation to Alabama State University.
(Acts 1975, No. 790, p. 1581, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 50 - Alabama State University. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-50-2 - Existing Policies, Procedures, etc., Relative to Faculty, Students, Etc.

Section 16-50-2
Existing policies, procedures, etc., relative to faculty, students, etc.
The personnel policies and procedures and statement of academic freedom and tenure for the faculty, other officers and professional and operating staffs of the university, and the statement of rights and responsibilities of students of the university in force on October 6, 1975, shall be read, construed and have effect as if they were prescribed by the board of trustees herein created; provided, that the board shall prescribe such amendments as it deems necessary and proper and that no person shall be deprived of any right or benefit earned prior to October 6, 1975.
(Acts 1975, No. 790, p. 1581, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 50 - Alabama State University. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-50-3 - Grants or Gifts Not to Fail Because of Misnomer, etc.; Default of Agents, Trustees, Etc.

Section 16-50-3
Grants or gifts not to fail because of misnomer, etc.; default of agents, trustees, etc.
No grant or gift, by will or otherwise, shall fail on account of any misnomer or informality, when the intent of the grantor or donor can be arrived at, nor shall any default, malfeasance or nonuser on the part of the trustees or other officers or agents of such corporation work a forfeiture of any of its rights, privileges, powers or franchises.
(Acts 1975, No. 790, p. 1581, §12.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 50 - Alabama State University. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-50-4 - Powers and Duties of University Police Officers.

Section 16-50-4
Powers and duties of university police officers.
(a) The President of Alabama State University, with the approval of the board of trustees, is hereby authorized to appoint and employ suitable persons to act as police officers to keep off intruders and prevent trespass upon and damage to the property and grounds of the university. Such persons shall be charged with all the duties and vested with all the powers of police officers and may eject trespassers from the university buildings and grounds and may, without warrant, arrest any persons guilty of disorderly conduct or of trespass upon the property of the university, or for any public offense committed in their presence, and carry them before the nearest court or officer charged with the trial of such offenders, before whom, upon proper affidavit charging the offense, any person so arrested may be tried and convicted as in cases of persons brought before him on his warrant, and such officers shall have authority to summon a posse comitatus and may, with a warrant, arrest any persons found upon or near the premises of the university charged with any public offense and take them before the proper officer.
(b) The police officers provided for in this section shall cooperate with and, when requested, furnish assistance to the regularly constituted authorities of the City of Montgomery; and their jurisdiction and authority shall be coextensive with the corporate limits of the municipality.
(Acts 1975, No. 790, p. 1581, §14.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 50 - Alabama State University. › Article 2 - Board of Trustees. › Section 16-50-21 - Body Corporate; Name.

Section 16-50-21
Body corporate; name.
The Governor, by virtue of his office, and the trustees appointed from the several congressional districts of the state pursuant to Section 16-50-20 and their successors in office are constituted a body corporate under the name of "Board of Trustees for Alabama State University."
(Acts 1975, No. 790, p. 1581, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 50 - Alabama State University. › Article 2 - Board of Trustees. › Section 16-50-22 - Powers and Duties Generally.

Section 16-50-22
Powers and duties generally.
Such corporation shall have all the rights, privileges and franchises necessary to the promotion of the ends of its creation and shall be charged with all corresponding duties, liabilities and responsibilities. Such corporation may hold and may lease, sell or in any other manner not inconsistent with the object or terms of the grant or grants under which it holds dispose of any property, real or personal, or any estate or interest therein, remaining of any grant by any governmental unit or by any person, or accruing to the corporation from any source, as it may deem best for the purposes of the university.
(Acts 1975, No. 790, p. 1581, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 50 - Alabama State University. › Article 2 - Board of Trustees. › Section 16-50-23 - President of University; Authority of Board of Trustees.

Section 16-50-23
President of university; authority of board of trustees.
(a) The board of trustees shall appoint a president who shall serve as the chief executive officer of the university and as secretary to the board and shall perform all services as may be required by the board. The compensation of the president, including the emoluments and prerequisites necessary to carry out the functions of the office, shall be fixed by the board.
(b) The board of trustees may act as a body, or may delegate by resolution or bylaw to a committee of the board or to the president, the authority to do any of the following:
(1) Institute, regulate, alter, or modify the organization of the university, subject to the review and approval of the board.
(2) Appoint a corps of instructors who shall be styled the faculty of the university.
(3) Appoint other instructors, officers, and professionals as the interest of the university may require.
(4) Hire personnel, establish and implement personnel rules, and establish policies and practices for hiring, promoting, demoting, and terminating instructors, other personnel, and employees, or for taking any other action consistent with this section.
(5) Fix, increase, or decrease the salaries or compensation of individual instructors and other personnel.
(6) Remove any instructors or other personnel.
(7) Prescribe courses of instruction, rates of tuition, and fees, subject to the review and approval of the board.
(8) Confer academic and honorary degrees as are usually conferred by institutions of similar character.
(Acts 1975, No. 790, p. 1581, §4; Act 2018-495, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 50 - Alabama State University. › Article 2 - Board of Trustees. › Section 16-50-24 - Exclusive Jurisdiction, Power, Etc.

Section 16-50-24
Exclusive jurisdiction, power, etc.
The board of trustees created by this chapter for Alabama State University shall have exclusive jurisdiction, supervision and control of Alabama State University; and the State Board of Education is divested of all jurisdiction, power and authority with regard to the supervision, management and control of such university except as otherwise herein provided. In addition to the powers, duties and authority hereinabove vested in the board of trustees, such board shall have and exercise all power, authority and duties heretofore conferred on, vested in or required of the State Board of Education under any laws of this state with regard to the supervision, management and control of such university except as otherwise herein provided. The State Board of Education shall transfer to the Board of Trustees of Alabama State University all supplies, funds, books, documents, records and other property or effects of such university.
(Acts 1975, No. 790, p. 1581, §15.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 50 - Alabama State University. › Article 2 - Board of Trustees. › Section 16-50-25 - Vacancies in Office.

Section 16-50-25
Vacancies in office.
Any vacancy in the office of trustee occurring during the recess of the Legislature shall be filled by appointment of the Governor from the same category in which the vacancy occurred. Such appointee shall hold office until the next session of the Legislature, when the vacancy shall be filled by the Governor by and with the consent of the Senate. A trustee appointed to fill a vacancy by the Governor, by and with the consent of the Senate, shall hold office during the unexpired term.
(Acts 1975, No. 790, p. 1581, §5; Acts 1983, No. 83-573, p. 878, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 50 - Alabama State University. › Article 2 - Board of Trustees. › Section 16-50-27 - Quorum.

Section 16-50-27
Quorum.
Eight members, exclusive of the Governor, of the board of trustees shall constitute a quorum, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day until a quorum is present.
(Acts 1975, No. 790, p. 1581, §7; Act 2018-495, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 50 - Alabama State University. › Article 2 - Board of Trustees. › Section 16-50-28 - Certificate for Payment of Expenses.

Section 16-50-28
Certificate for payment of expenses.
The certificate of the president of the board or, in his or her absence, of the president pro tempore, countersigned by the secretary, shall entitle the several trustees to the payment of their actual expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties as trustees.
(Acts 1975, No. 790, p. 1581, §8; Act 2015-487, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 50 - Alabama State University. › Article 2 - Board of Trustees. › Section 16-50-29 - Conflicts of Interest.

Section 16-50-29
Conflicts of interest.
It shall be unlawful for any member of the board to be financially interested in any contract or transaction affecting the interests of the university; to procure, or be a party in any way to procuring the appointment of any relative to any position of financial trust or profit; or to influence the appointment, nonreappointment, retention, dismissal or compensation of any employee of the university except through the prescribed procedures for such purposes, and the violation of this provision shall subject the member so offending to removal by the Governor or the board.
(Acts 1975, No. 790, p. 1581, §11.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 50 - Alabama State University. › Article 2 - Board of Trustees. › Section 16-50-30 - Reports to Legislature.

Section 16-50-30
Reports to Legislature.
It shall be the duty of the board of trustees to make or cause to be made to the Legislature, at each session thereof, a full report of its transactions and of the condition of the university, embracing an itemized account of all receipts and disbursements on account of the university by those charged with the administration of its finances.
(Acts 1975, No. 790, p. 1581, §13.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 51 - University of North Alabama. › Section 16-51-1 - Governor and Trustees Constituted Body Corporate.

Section 16-51-1
Governor and trustees constituted body corporate.
The Governor, by virtue of the office, and the trustees appointed from the several congressional districts of the state, pursuant to Section 16-51-3, and their successors in office, are constituted a body corporate under the name of the University of North Alabama.
(Acts 1967, No. 773, p. 1631, §2; Act 2019-24, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 51 - University of North Alabama. › Section 16-51-2 - Rights, Privileges, Responsibilities, etc., of Corporation.

Section 16-51-2
Rights, privileges, responsibilities, etc., of corporation.
Such corporation shall have all the rights, privileges and franchises necessary to the promotion of the end of its creation, and shall be charged with all corresponding duties, liabilities and responsibilities. Such corporation may hold and may lease, sell or in any other manner not inconsistent with the object or terms of the grant or grants under which it holds dispose of any property, real or personal, or any estate or interest therein, remaining of any grant by any governmental unit or by any person, or accruing to the corporation from any source, as it may deem best for the purposes of the university.
(Acts 1967, No. 773, p. 1631, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 51 - University of North Alabama. › Section 16-51-3 - Board of Trustees - Creation; Composition; Reappointments; Expenses.

Section 16-51-3
Board of trustees - Creation; composition; reappointments; expenses.
(a) There is created a Board of Trustees for the University of North Alabama, the state educational institution at Florence, Alabama. The board of trustees shall consist of all of the following:
(1) Six members who are residents of the fourth and fifth congressional districts, as those districts were constituted on January 1, 2018, at least two of whom shall be residents of the county in which the institution is located.
(2) Three members from the state at large.
(3) Two at-large members from within or outside of the state.
(4) The Governor, who shall be ex officio president of the board.
(b) The trustees shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and, except for the first trustees appointed, shall hold office for a term of 12 years, until 2015, and until their successors shall be appointed and qualified. The Governor shall coordinate his or her appointments so that diversity of gender, race, and geographical areas is reflective of the makeup of this state. Beginning in 2015, the board shall be divided into three groups, so that reappointments may be made each two years. In 2015, three members shall be appointed for terms of two years, and three members shall be appointed for terms of four years, and three members shall be appointed for terms of six years. The initial term of the at-large members appointed pursuant to subdivision (3) of subsection (a) shall be six years. Thereafter, all successor members shall be appointed for six-year terms. A trustee may be reappointed to additional terms.
(c) No trustee shall receive any pay or emolument other than his or her actual expenses incurred in the discharge of his or her duties as such. No employee of the university shall be eligible to serve on its board of trustees.
(Acts 1967, No. 773, p. 1631, §1; Act 2015-210, p. 620, §1; Act 2018-144, §1; Act 2019-24, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 51 - University of North Alabama. › Section 16-51-4 - Board of Trustees - Meetings.

Section 16-51-4
Board of trustees - Meetings.
(a) The Board of Trustees of the University of North Alabama shall hold its regular annual meeting each year at the university on the first Monday in June, unless the board shall, in regular session, determine to hold its meetings at some other time and place. The board may establish a schedule of meetings at such intervals as it deems appropriate and may amend the schedule at any duly called meeting. Special meetings of the board may be assembled by either one of the two methods outlined as follows:
(1) Special meetings of the board may be called by the Governor. In calling such special meetings the Governor shall mail a written notice to each trustee at least 10 days in advance of the date of such meetings.
(2) Upon the application in writing of any three members of the board, the Governor shall call a special meeting, naming the time and place thereof and causing notices to be issued in writing to the several members of the board. Such meetings shall not be held on a date less than 10 days subsequent to the notice from the Governor.
(b) An emergency meeting of the board may be called when circumstances exist that are deemed by the Governor or by the president pro tempore or by three members of the board to present a risk to personal health, safety, or property or to the operation of the university. The three board members must communicate their request for an emergency meeting to the Governor or to the president pro tempore by the most expedient means available to them. Notice of an emergency meeting should be given at least 72 hours prior to the time it is to commence unless the circumstances of the emergency are such that the meeting must convene sooner.
(c) Members of the Board of Trustees of the University of North Alabama may participate in a meeting of the board or any committee by means of telephone conference, video conference, or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting may hear each other at the same time. Participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at a meeting for all purposes. However, a majority of a quorum of the members of the board of trustees, or, in the event of a meeting of only the executive committee, a majority of a quorum of the executive committee of the board of trustees must be physically present at the location noticed and called for the meeting in order to conduct any business or deliberation. Members of the board of trustees and any committees of the board of trustees may not utilize electronic communications except as in compliance with the Alabama Open Meetings Act. Except for emergency meetings, notice of board meetings shall be provided in accordance with the Alabama Open Meetings Act and telephone or video conference or similar communications equipment shall also allow members of the public the opportunity to simultaneously listen to or observe such meetings.
(Acts 1967, No. 773, p. 1631, §6; Act 2015-210, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 51 - University of North Alabama. › Section 16-51-5 - Board of Trustees - Quorum.

Section 16-51-5
Board of trustees - Quorum.
Six members of the board of trustees shall constitute a quorum, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day until a quorum is present.
(Acts 1967, No. 773, p. 1631, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 51 - University of North Alabama. › Section 16-51-6 - Board of Trustees - Powers as to Organization and Administration.

Section 16-51-6
Board of trustees - Powers as to organization and administration.
The board of trustees has the power to organize the university by appointing a president, whose salary shall be fixed by the board, and by employing a corps of instructors, who shall be nominated to the board in writing by the president and who shall be styled the faculty of the university and such other instructors and officers as the interests of the university may require; and to remove any instructors or other officers, and to fix their salaries or compensation and increase or reduce the same at their discretion; to delegate by resolution or bylaw to a committee of the board of trustees or to the president of the university the authority to establish and implement personnel rules, policies, and practices for hiring, promoting, demoting, and terminating instructors, officers, and employees or to take any other action authorized by this section; to regulate, alter, or modify the government of the university, as they may deem advisable; to prescribe courses of instruction, rates of tuition, and fees; to confer such academic and honorary degrees as are usually conferred by institutions of similar character; and to do whatever else they may deem best for promoting the interest of the university. In addition to other powers granted to the board of trustees, the board expressly may enter into and implement agreements with the governing board or boards of any other institution or institutions of higher education in Alabama for the purpose of merging those institutions into one successor institution without seeking or obtaining legislative or administrative approval. The merger provisions of this section shall not apply to Alabama A & M University or Alabama State University.
(Acts 1967, No. 773, p. 1631, §4; Acts 1993, No. 93-260, p. 388, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 51 - University of North Alabama. › Section 16-51-7 - Board of Trustees - Transfer of Jurisdiction.

Section 16-51-7
Board of trustees - Transfer of jurisdiction.
After September 9, 1967, the board of trustees created by this chapter for the University of North Alabama shall have exclusive jurisdiction, supervision and control of the University of North Alabama; and the State Board of Education is thereafter divested of all jurisdiction, power and authority with regard to the supervision, management and control of such university except as otherwise herein provided. In addition to the powers, duties and authority hereinabove vested in the board of trustees, such board shall have and exercise all power, authority and duties heretofore conferred on, vested in or required of the State Board of Education under any laws of this state with regard to the supervision, management and control of such university except as otherwise herein provided. Upon such date, the State Board of Education shall transfer to the board of trustees all supplies, funds, books, documents, records and other property or effects of such university.
(Acts 1967, No. 773, p. 1631, §12.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 51 - University of North Alabama. › Section 16-51-8 - Board of Trustees - Vacancy in Office.

Section 16-51-8
Board of trustees - Vacancy in office.
Any vacancy in the office of trustee, occurring during the recess of the Legislature, shall be filled by appointment of the Governor. Such appointee shall hold office until the next session of the Legislature, when the vacancy shall be filled by the Governor by and with the consent of the Senate. A trustee appointed to fill a vacancy by the Governor, by and with the consent of the Senate, shall hold office during the unexpired term.
(Acts 1967, No. 773, p. 1631, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 51 - University of North Alabama. › Section 16-51-9 - Board of Trustees - Payment of Expenses of Trustees.

Section 16-51-9
Board of trustees - Payment of expenses of trustees.
The certificate of the president of the board or, in his absence, of the president pro tempore, countersigned by the secretary, shall entitle the several trustees to the payment of their actual expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties as such trustees.
(Acts 1967, No. 773, p. 1631, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 51 - University of North Alabama. › Section 16-51-10 - Board of Trustees - Reports to Legislature.

Section 16-51-10
Board of trustees - Reports to Legislature.
It shall be the duty of the board of trustees to make or cause to be made to the Legislature, at each session thereof, a full report of its transactions and of the condition of the university, embracing an itemized account of all receipts and disbursements on account of the university by those charged with the administration of its finances.
(Acts 1967, No. 773, p. 1631, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 51 - University of North Alabama. › Section 16-51-11 - Grant or Gift Not to Fail for Informality; Default, etc., of Trustees Not to Work Forfeiture.

Section 16-51-11
Grant or gift not to fail for informality; default, etc., of trustees not to work forfeiture.
No grant or gift, by will or otherwise, shall fail on account of any misnomer or informality when the intent of the grantor or donor can be arrived at; nor shall any default, malfeasance or misfeasance or nonuser on the part of the trustees, or other officers or agents of such corporation, work a forfeiture of any of its rights, privileges, powers or franchises.
(Acts 1967, No. 773, p. 1631, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 51 - University of North Alabama. › Section 16-51-12 - Police Officers.

Section 16-51-12
Police officers.
(a) The President of the University of North Alabama, with the approval of the board of trustees, is hereby authorized to appoint and employ suitable persons to act as police officers to keep off intruders and prevent trespass upon and damage to the property and grounds of the university. Such persons shall be charged with all the duties and invested with all the powers of police officers and may eject trespassers from the university buildings and grounds, and may, without a warrant, arrest any person guilty of disorderly conduct or of trespass upon the property of the university, or for any public offense committed in their presence, and carry them before the nearest district court, before whom, upon proper affidavit charging the offense, any person so arrested may be tried and convicted as in cases of persons brought before him on his warrant; and such officers shall have authority to summon a posse comitatus and may, with a warrant, arrest any persons found upon or near the premises of the university charged with any public offense and take them before the proper officer.
(b) The police officers provided for in this section shall cooperate with and, when requested, furnish assistance to the regularly constituted authorities of the City of Florence, and their jurisdiction and authority shall be coextensive with the corporate limits of the municipality.
(Acts 1967, No. 773, p. 1631, §11.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 51 - University of North Alabama. › Section 16-51-13 - Scholarships to School of Nursing - Distribution.

Section 16-51-13
Scholarships to school of nursing - Distribution.
There shall be awarded each year 30 scholarships to the School of Nursing of the University of North Alabama for nursing education. These scholarships shall be awarded to applicants from the state-at-large. They shall be distributed, insofar as practicable, throughout the state.
(Acts 1971, No. 2304, p. 3718, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 51 - University of North Alabama. › Section 16-51-14 - Scholarships to School of Nursing - Who Eligible.

Section 16-51-14
Scholarships to school of nursing - Who eligible.
To be eligible to receive a scholarship provided by this chapter, a person must have been a resident of the State of Alabama for a period of at least one year immediately preceding the time of making application and must be a person of good character and shall have been accepted for matriculation by the authorities of the University of North Alabama, and shall have met the requirements for professional nursing education as determined by the school of nursing of the university.
(Acts 1971, No. 2304, p. 3718, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 51 - University of North Alabama. › Section 16-51-15 - Scholarships to School of Nursing - Amount and Conditions; Selection of Recipients.

Section 16-51-15
Scholarships to school of nursing - Amount and conditions; selection of recipients.
Each scholarship provided for by this chapter shall be in the amount of $600.00 per year, payable from funds appropriated to the School of Nursing of the University of North Alabama for this purpose. A scholarship may either be renewed by the said school of nursing for the same student or awarded to another applicant for the scholarship. Appropriate competitive examinations of aptitude and ability shall be administered to the applicants by the school of nursing. The results of the examinations shall be used as guides in the selection of the recipients of the scholarships from the various geographical areas of the state. In case a scholarship student fails to complete the course prescribed for the baccalaureate degree in nursing, that student must repay the amount of the scholarship funds used. Any funds thus collected may be used as scholarship assistance for other nursing students. In the event of the scholarship recipient's death, the funds disbursed and not repaid shall be cancelled. In the event the scholarship recipient becomes mentally or physically impaired and is unable to complete the baccalaureate degree in nursing, or has graduated but is unable to complete one year of service as a nurse due to such disability, the funds disbursed and not repaid shall be cancelled. A scholarship student must agree to practice professional nursing in the State of Alabama for at least one year after completing the course at the school of nursing.
(Acts 1971, No. 2304, p. 3718, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 52 - Jacksonville State University. › Section 16-52-1 - Body Corporate.

Section 16-52-1
Body corporate.
The Governor and the State Superintendent of Education, by virtue of their respective offices and the trustees appointed pursuant to Section 16-52-3, and their successors in office, are constituted a body corporate under the name of Jacksonville State University.
(Acts 1967, No. 239, p. 615, §2; Act 2000-231, p. 366, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 52 - Jacksonville State University. › Section 16-52-2 - Rights, Privileges, Responsibilities, etc., of Corporation.

Section 16-52-2
Rights, privileges, responsibilities, etc., of corporation.
Such corporation shall have all the rights, privileges and franchises necessary to the promotion of the end of its creation and shall be charged with all corresponding duties, liabilities and responsibilities. Such corporation may hold and may lease, sell or in any other manner not inconsistent with the object or terms of the grant or grants under which it holds dispose of any property, real or personal, or any estate or interest therein, remaining of any grant by any governmental unit or by any person, or accruing to the corporation from any source, as it may deem best for the purposes of the university.
(Acts 1967, No. 239, p. 615, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 52 - Jacksonville State University. › Section 16-52-3 - Board of Trustees - Creation; Composition; Expenses; Emeritus Status.

Section 16-52-3
Board of trustees - Creation; composition; expenses; emeritus status.
(a) There is created a Board of Trustees for Jacksonville State University, the state educational institution formerly known as Jacksonville State College at Jacksonville, Alabama.
(b) The board of trustees shall consist of two members from the congressional district in which the institution is located, one from each of the other congressional districts in the state, one at-large member from the state, one at-large member from outside of the state, and the Governor, who shall be ex officio president of the board.
(c) The trustees shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and, commencing on May 26, 2015, shall be appointed to hold office for a term of six years and until their successors shall be appointed and qualified. No trustee shall be appointed to serve more than a total of three full terms.
(d) No trustee shall receive any pay or emolument other than his or her actual expenses incurred in the discharge of his or her duties as such.
(e) A trustee who has attained the age of 75 years during a term of office may continue to serve until the expiration of that term. A trustee who has departed the board and who has attained the age of 70 years or older may be designated by the board as a Trustee Emeritus and may receive such honorary privileges as conferred by the board.
(f) No employee of Jacksonville State University shall be eligible to serve on its board of trustees.
(Acts 1967, No. 239, p. 615, §1; Act 2000-231, p. 366, §1; Act 2015-209, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 52 - Jacksonville State University. › Section 16-52-4 - Board of Trustees - Meetings.

Section 16-52-4
Board of trustees - Meetings.
The Board of Trustees of Jacksonville State University shall hold its regular annual meeting each year at the university on the third Monday in October, unless the board shall, in regular session, determine to hold its meeting at some other time and place. Special meetings of the board may be assembled by either one of the two methods outlined as follows:
(1) Special meetings of the board may be called by the Governor. In calling such special meetings the Governor shall mail a written notice to each trustee at least 10 days in advance of the date of such meetings.
(2) Upon the application in writing of any three members of the board, the Governor shall call a special meeting, naming the time and place thereof and causing notices to be issued in writing to the several members of the board. Such meeting shall not be held on a date less than 10 days subsequent to the notice from the Governor.
(3) An emergency meeting of the board may be called when circumstances exist that are deemed by the Governor, by the president pro tempore of the board, or by three members of the board to present a risk to personal health, safety, or property or to the operation of the university. The three board members shall communicate their request for an emergency meeting to the Governor or to the president pro tempore of the board by the most expedient means available to them. Notice of an emergency meeting shall be given at least 72 hours before the time the meeting is to commence, unless the circumstances of the emergency are such that the meeting is required to convene sooner.
Acts 1967, No. 239, p. 615, §6; Acts 1969, No. 176, p. 484, §1; Act 2015-209, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 52 - Jacksonville State University. › Section 16-52-4.1 - Board of Trustees - Participation in Meetings by Electronic Communications.

Section 16-52-4.1
Board of Trustees - Participation in meetings by electronic communications.
Members of the Board of Trustees of Jacksonville State University may participate in a meeting of the board or committee by means of telephone conference, video conference, or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting may hear each other at the same time. Participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at a meeting for all purposes. However, a majority of a quorum of the members of the board of trustees, or, in the event of a meeting of only the executive committee, a majority of a quorum of the executive committee of the board of trustees must be physically present at the location noticed and called for the meeting in order to conduct any business or deliberation. Members of the board of trustees and any committees of the board of trustees may not utilize electronic communications except as in compliance with the Alabama Open Meetings Act. Notice of board meetings shall be provided in accordance with the Alabama Open Meetings Act and telephone or video conference or similar communications equipment shall also allow members of the public the opportunity to simultaneously listen to or observe such meetings.
(Act 2012-525, p. 1555, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 52 - Jacksonville State University. › Section 16-52-5 - Board of Trustees - Quorum.

Section 16-52-5
Board of trustees - Quorum.
Six members of the board of trustees shall constitute a quorum, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day until a quorum is present.
(Acts 1967, No. 239, p. 615, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 52 - Jacksonville State University. › Section 16-52-6 - Board of Trustees - Powers as to Organization and Administration of University.

Section 16-52-6
Board of trustees - Powers as to organization and administration of university.
The board of trustees has the power to organize the university by appointing a corps of instructors, who shall be styled the faculty of the university, and such other instructors and officers as the interest of the university may require; and to remove any such instructors or other officers and to fix their salaries or compensation and increase or reduce the same at its discretion; to regulate, alter or modify the government of the university, as it may deem advisable; to prescribe courses of instruction, rates of tuition and fees; to confer such academic and honorary degrees as are usually conferred by institutions of similar character; and to do whatever else it may deem best for promoting the interest of the university.
(Acts 1967, No. 239, p. 615, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 52 - Jacksonville State University. › Section 16-52-7 - Board of Trustees - Transfer of Jurisdiction, etc., Over University to Board of Trustees.

Section 16-52-7
Board of trustees - Transfer of jurisdiction, etc., over university to board of trustees.
After August 16, 1967, the board of trustees created by this chapter for Jacksonville State University shall have exclusive jurisdiction, supervision and control of Jacksonville State University; and the State Board of Education is thereafter divested of all jurisdiction, power and authority with regard to the supervision, management and control of such university. In addition to the powers, duties and authority hereinabove vested in the board of trustees, such board shall have and exercise all power, authority and duties heretofore conferred on, vested in or required of the State Board of Education under any laws of this state with regard to the supervision, management and control of such university; and the board of trustees shall carry out all contractual obligations heretofore incurred by the State Board of Education respecting the operation of the public schools of the City of Jacksonville. On August 16, 1967, the State Board of Education shall transfer to the Board of Trustees of Jacksonville State University all supplies, funds, books, documents, records and other property or effects of such university.
(Acts 1967, No. 239, p. 615, §12.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 52 - Jacksonville State University. › Section 16-52-8 - Board of Trustees - Vacancy.

Section 16-52-8
Board of trustees - Vacancy.
Any vacancy in the office of trustee, occurring during the recess of the Legislature, shall be filled by appointment of the Governor. Such appointee shall hold office until the next session of the Legislature, when the vacancy shall be filled by the Governor by and with the consent of the Senate. A trustee appointed to fill a vacancy by the Governor, by and with the consent of the Senate, shall hold office during the unexpired term.
(Acts 1967, No. 239, p. 615, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 52 - Jacksonville State University. › Section 16-52-9 - Board of Trustees - Payment of Expenses.

Section 16-52-9
Board of trustees - Payment of expenses.
The certificate of the president of the board or, in his absence, of the president pro tempore, countersigned by the secretary, shall entitle the several trustees to the payment of their actual expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties as such trustees.
(Acts 1967, No. 239, p. 615, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 52 - Jacksonville State University. › Section 16-52-10 - Board of Trustees - Reports to Legislature.

Section 16-52-10
Board of trustees - Reports to Legislature.
It shall be the duty of the board of trustees to make or cause to be made to the Legislature, at each session thereof, a full report of its transactions and of the condition of the university, embracing an itemized account of all receipts and disbursements on account of the university by those charged with the administration of its finances.
(Acts 1967, No. 239, p. 615, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 52 - Jacksonville State University. › Section 16-52-11 - Grant or Gift Not to Fail for Informality; Default, etc., of Trustees, Officers or Agents Not to Work Forfeiture.

Section 16-52-11
Grant or gift not to fail for informality; default, etc., of trustees, officers or agents not to work forfeiture.
No grant or gift, by will or otherwise, shall fail on account of any misnomer or informality when the intent of the grantor or donor can be arrived at, nor shall any default, malfeasance, misfeasance or nonuser, on the part of the trustees or other officers or agents of such corporation, work a forfeiture of any of its rights, privileges, powers or franchises.
(Acts 1967, No. 239, p. 615, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 52 - Jacksonville State University. › Section 16-52-12 - Police Officers - Powers and Duties.

Section 16-52-12
Police officers - Powers and duties.
The President of Jacksonville State University may appoint or employ one or more suitable persons to act as police officers to keep off intruders and prevent trespass upon and damage to the property and grounds of the university. Such persons shall be charged with all the duties and invested with all the powers of police officers. The officer may eject trespassers from the university buildings and grounds. The officer, without a warrant, may arrest any persons who commit disorderly conduct or trespass on the property of the university, or in any circumstance in which an arrest by a police officer without a warrant is authorized by law, and carry them before the nearest district court or municipal court charged with the trial of such offense. Upon proper affidavit charging the offense, the person arrested may be tried by the court and convicted as in cases of persons brought before the court on a warrant. The officer may summon a posse comitatus.
(Acts 1967, No. 239, p. 615, §11; Acts 1995, No. 95-554, p. 1159, §1; Act 2009-709, p. 2090, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 52 - Jacksonville State University. › Section 16-52-12.1 - Police Officers - Authority.

Section 16-52-12.1
Police officers - Authority.
(a) Any Jacksonville State University police officer appointed pursuant to this section or Section 16-22-1, is a peace officer whose authority extends to any place in the state. The primary duty of the police officer shall be the enforcement of the law on property owned or leased by Jacksonville State University. The police officer shall not otherwise act as a peace officer in enforcing the law except:
(1) When in pursuit of any offender or suspected offender who is charged with the commission of a crime while on the premises of the institution.
(2) To make arrests otherwise lawfully for crimes committed, or for which there is probable cause to believe have been committed, within his or her presence or within the boundaries of the property owned or leased by the institution.
(b) The provisions of this section granting authority to a police officer at this institution of higher learning in the State of Alabama are not intended to limit or abridge any powers heretofore granted to police officers by law and this section is to be considered cumulative.
(c) Nothing in this section shall grant authority to any persons appointed under this section to enter a classroom for the purpose of enforcing traffic or parking citations.
(Act 2009-709, p. 2090, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 52 - Jacksonville State University. › Section 16-52-13 - Scholarships to School of Nursing - Distribution.

Section 16-52-13
Scholarships to school of nursing - Distribution.
There shall be awarded each year 30 scholarships to the Lurleen B. Wallace School of Nursing of Jacksonville State University for nursing education. These scholarships shall be awarded to applicants from the state-at-large. They shall be distributed, insofar as practicable, throughout the state.
(Acts 1971, No. 2288, p. 3688, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 52 - Jacksonville State University. › Section 16-52-14 - Scholarships to School of Nursing - Who Eligible.

Section 16-52-14
Scholarships to school of nursing - Who eligible.
To be eligible to receive a scholarship provided by this chapter, a person must have been a resident of the State of Alabama for a period of at least one year immediately preceding the time of making application and must be a person of good character, and shall have been accepted for matriculation by the authorities of Jacksonville State University and shall have met the requirements for professional nursing education as determined by the Lurleen B. Wallace School of Nursing of Jacksonville State University. Applications for scholarships shall be made to the Lurleen B. Wallace School of Nursing of Jacksonville State University.
(Acts 1971, No. 2288, p. 3688, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 52 - Jacksonville State University. › Section 16-52-15 - Scholarships to School of Nursing - Amount and Conditions; Selection of Recipients.

Section 16-52-15
Scholarships to school of nursing - Amount and conditions; selection of recipients.
Each scholarship provided for by this chapter shall be in the amount of $600.00 per year, payable from funds appropriated to the Lurleen B. Wallace School of Nursing of Jacksonville State University for this purpose. A scholarship may either be renewed by the said school of nursing for the same student or awarded to another applicant for the scholarship. Appropriate competitive examinations of aptitude and ability shall be administered to the applicants by the Lurleen B. Wallace School of Nursing of Jacksonville State University. The results of the examinations shall be used as guides in the selection of the recipients of the scholarships from the various geographical areas of the state. In case a scholarship student fails to complete the course prescribed for the baccalaureate degree in nursing, that student must repay the amount of scholarship funds used. Any funds thus collected may be used as scholarship assistance for other nursing students. A scholarship student must agree to practice professional nursing in the State of Alabama for at least one year after completing the course at the Lurleen B. Wallace School of Nursing of Jacksonville State University.
(Acts 1971, No. 2288, p. 3688, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 52 - Jacksonville State University. › Section 16-52-16 - Right, Title and Interest in Property Conveyed to University.

Section 16-52-16
Right, title and interest in property conveyed to university.
All of the right, title and interest of the State of Alabama in and to the real property acquired by and in the name of the State of Alabama for the use and benefit of the state educational institution formerly known as Jacksonville State College at Jacksonville, Alabama, is hereby conveyed to and vested in Jacksonville State University, the body corporate created by Act No. 239, Regular Session 1967, approved August 16, 1967.
(Acts 1979, No. 79-613, p. 1084, § 1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 53 - University of West Alabama. › Section 16-53-1 - Body Corporate.

Section 16-53-1
Body corporate.
The Governor and the State Superintendent of Education, by virtue of their respective offices, and the trustees appointed pursuant to Section 16-53-3 and their successors in office are hereby constituted and shall be a body corporate under the name of The University of West Alabama, as successor to Livingston University.
(Acts 1967, No. 424, p. 1092, §2; Acts 1971, No. 1190, p. 2055, §2; Act 99-701, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 210, §1; Act 2006-576, p. 1513, §1.)