Title 10A — Title 10A

Prohibited. No license, privilege, or other tax shall be charged any corporation organized under this article by or on behalf of any city or municipality of this state, and no license, privilege, or other tax in excess of the amount paid to the state under this article shall be c…

Any holder in good standing of a certificate for a health service may select any health care facility which may be designated by a corporation to render the necessary health service thereunder. History: (Acts 1935, No. 544, p. 1157; Code 1940, T. 28, §309; Acts 1973, No. 1041, p.…

The rates, charges, fees, and dues to be paid by the public for benefits under a health service plan and for contracts or certificates covering same shall not be unreasonably high or excessive, shall be adequate to meet the liability assumed under the contracts and all expenses i…

The Commissioner of Insurance or any of his or her designated deputies or examiners shall have the power of visitation and examination into the affairs of the corporation, shall have free access to all books, papers, and documents that relate to the business of the corporation, a…

Persons representing a health care service corporation organized under this chapter in writing or soliciting health care certificates for the corporation, and the health care service corporation with respect thereto, shall be subject to Chapters 7 and 8A of Title 27. History: (Ac…

Every health care service corporation shall deposit with, and thereafter maintain on deposit with, the Treasurer of the State of Alabama bonds of the United States government or of the State of Alabama, or of any subdivision thereof, or first mortgages on real estate situated in …

(a) On or before the first day of March of each year, every company transacting business under this article in this state shall file with the Commissioner of Insurance a statement showing the amount of gross dues received by it for business done in this state during the preceding…

All decisions, findings, and orders of the Commissioner of Insurance made under this article shall be subject to review, revision, and reversal by proper proceedings brought in any court of competent jurisdiction within 30 days from the date of the decision, finding, or order; an…

349) [Effective until June 1, 2026.] THIS ACT WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2026-298, EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2026, AND ACT 2026-349, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACTS FOR AMENDED LANGUAGE. (a) No statute of this state applying to insurance companies shall be applicable to any corporation organ…

(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) AFFILIATE. As defined in Section 27-29-1. (2) CONTROL. As defined in Section 27-29-1. (3) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Insurance of the State of Alabama. (4) INSURER. Any person that meets…

For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) BOARD OF DIRECTORS. The board of directors of the corporation created under this article. (2) CORPORATION. An Alabama industrial development corporatio…

(a) Five or more financial institutions or persons, a majority of whom shall be residents of this state, who may desire to create an industrial development corporation under the provisions of this article for the purpose of promoting, developing, and advancing the prosperity and …

(a) The first meeting of the corporation shall be called by a notice signed by three or more of the incorporators, stating the time, place, and purpose of the meeting, a copy of which notice shall be mailed or delivered to each incorporator at least five days before the day appoi…

In furtherance of its purposes and in addition to the powers now or hereafter conferred on business corporations by Alabama statutes, the corporation shall, subject to the restrictions and limitations contained in this section, have the following powers: (1) To elect, appoint, an…

Any financial institution may request membership in the corporation by making application to the board of directors on the form in the manner as the board of directors may require, and membership shall become effective upon acceptance of the application by the board. History: (Ac…

(a) Membership in the corporation shall be for the duration of the corporation; provided, that upon written notice given to the corporation five years in advance, a member may withdraw from membership in the corporation at the expiration date of the notice. (b) A member shall not…

(a) The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed and conducted by a board of directors, a president, a vice-president, a secretary, a treasurer, and other officers and agents as the corporation by its bylaws shall authorize. The board of directors shall consist of…

Any corporation organized under this article shall be a state development company, as defined in the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, or any other similar federal legislation, and shall be authorized to operate on a statewide basis. History: (Acts 1969, No. 322, p. 681, §17…

(a) The stockholders and the members of the corporation shall have the following powers of the corporation: (1) To determine the number of and elect directors as provided in Section 10A-20- 7.07. (2) To make, amend, and repeal bylaws. (3) To amend this charter as provided in Sect…

Indebtedness. (a) Notwithstanding any rule at common law, any provision of any general or special law or any provision in their respective charters, agreements of association, certificate of formation, or trust indentures: (1) Any person, including all domestic corporations organ…

Each member of the corporation shall make loans to the corporation as and when called upon by it to do so on the terms and other conditions as shall be approved from time to time by the board of directors, subject to the following conditions: (1) All loan limits shall be establis…

Under no circumstances shall the credit of the state be pledged to any corporation organized under this article. History: (Acts 1969, No. 322, p. 681, §16; §10-4-141; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §336.)

Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law of this state, now or hereinafter enacted, any corporation organized under this article shall be authorized to take and receive security by a mortgage, or otherwise, on property, real and personal. History: (Acts 1969, No. 322, p. 6…

Any tax exemptions, tax credits, or tax privileges granted to banks, savings and loan associations, trust companies, and other financial institutions by any general laws are granted to corporations organized pursuant to this article. History: (Acts 1969, No. 322, p. 681, §18; §10…

Every corporation organized and engaged in business under this article shall pay an annual state occupational license tax of fifty dollars ($50). Counties and municipalities are authorized in addition to levy an occupational license tax. History: (Acts 1969, No. 322, p. 681, §19;…

Each year, the corporation shall set apart as earned surplus not less than 10 percent of its net earnings for the preceding fiscal year until the surplus shall be equal in value to one half of the amount paid in on the capital stock then outstanding. Whenever the amount of surplu…

The corporation shall not deposit any of its funds in any banking institution unless the institution has been designated as a depository by a vote of a majority of the directors present at an authorized meeting of the board of directors, exclusive of any director who is an office…

The corporation shall be examined at least once annually by a certified public accountant and shall file reports of its condition annually with the Secretary of State, who in turn shall make copies of the reports available to the Governor. The corporation shall pay the actual cos…

Corporations organized under this article shall adopt the calendar year as their fiscal year. History: (Acts 1969, No. 322, p. 681, §22; §10-4-148; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §336.)

(a) The certificate of formation may be amended by the votes of the stockholders and the members of the corporation, voting separately by classes, and the amendments shall require approval by the affirmative vote of two thirds of the votes to which the stockholders shall be entit…

The period of duration of the corporation shall be 50 years, subject, however, to the right of the stockholders and the members to dissolve the corporation prior to the expiration of the period as provided in Section 10A-20-7.22. History: (Acts 1969, No. 322, p. 681, §14; §10-4-1…

A corporation may, upon the affirmative vote of two thirds of the votes to which the stockholders shall be entitled and two thirds of the votes to which the members shall be entitled, dissolve the corporation. Upon dissolution of the corporation, none of the corporation’s assets …

The provisions of Title 8 and any other laws of this state regulating the issue, registration, and sale of securities shall not apply to any security issued by a corporation organized under this article. History: (Acts 1969, No. 322, p. 681, §21; §10-4-152; amended and renumbered…

For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS. Organizations or boards deriving their powers, functions, funds, and property directly from the parent organization, as defin…

The right and equity are hereby recognized and declared on behalf of the majority group of any local organization owning title to or an interest in fraternal property to preserve and protect the same from impairment or loss, to prevent fraternal property held subject to the trust…

Free from Trust Clause. (a) The majority group of any local organization may withdraw from the parent organization and, upon withdrawal, shall be permitted to devote the fraternal property to the uses originally intended free of the influence of the trust clause; provided, that t…

Whenever, as a result of action of the parent organization, any of its authoritative subdivisions, or its law-making body the majority group of any local organization shall determine that there has been a change of social policies, within the meaning of this section, or that any …

Upon resolution or written declaration by the majority group, upon giving 30 days’ notice to the parent organization, and upon giving like notice to the organization membership or the official governing body of the local organization, a corporation formed by the majority group sh…

Service of process in an action or proceeding may be had on the local organization by service on its administrative authority, one or more senior or representative members or other similar authority of the organization by service on the parent organization by serving any represen…

The plaintiff in an action may aver as a separate aspect or equity that the parent organization has made or sanctioned material changes in the laws, rules, social creed, or jurisdictional system with respect to social standards, practices, or policies which changes are opposed to…

If on final hearing the court shall find that the organization of the plaintiff corporation, subject to such further or amended conditions or provisions as the court may require or approve, is equitable and appropriate for administration as a fraternal or charitable trust and tha…

for Repayment and Lien for Unsecured Loans. The complaint in any action authorized by this article shall state whether or not the local organization obtained from the parent organization or any of its affiliated organizations a loan or grant of funds with which to defray, in whol…

Nothing in this article shall be construed to affect the validity of any existing lien or mortgage on the fraternal property or part thereof. History: (Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 176, p. 2137, §10; §10-4-179; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §338.)

Ten or more persons desiring to associate themselves together for nonprofit purposes in the sense of not paying interest or dividends on stock, but for mutual benefit through the application of cooperation, single-tax, or other economic principles, may become a body corporate in …

Any corporation organized pursuant to this article may elect the officers as it may deem necessary, in such manner and for the terms as it may provide, and remove the same at any time, and adopt a constitution and bylaws as it may see fit not in conflict with the Constitution and…

A corporation formed pursuant to this article shall have the power to buy, sell, lease, and mortgage real estate, to build and operate wharves, boats, and other means of transportation and communication, to build, erect, and operate waterworks, electric lighting and power compani…

County License Taxes on Gross Receipts. All associations or corporations heretofore or hereafter organized pursuant to this article for the purpose of operating waterworks for unincorporated areas shall be exempt from the payment of all state, county, municipal, or other ad valor…

Disputes Arising Under Real Estate Leases. (a) Any corporation organized under this article for the purpose of demonstrating the single tax principal shall, as soon as practicable after August 25, 1976, amend its corporate charter to provide that it will recognize an association …