Title 44 — Title 44

The following words and phrases used in this chapter, and others evidently intended as the equivalent thereof, shall, in the absence of clear implication herein otherwise, be given the following respective interpretations herein: (1) ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH SERVICES. The stat…

Facilities and Programs. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to mean that the facilities and programs, provided for herein, are to be under the control or direction of any person other than the board of directors, who shall require the facilities and programs of the corpor…

Such corporation authorized herein, and its property, including bonds, conveyances, mortgages, leases, and all income from such property, and operation of programs shall be exempt from all taxation that shall be imposed on said corporation for the privilege of engaging in any of …

Such corporation authorized herein shall come into being upon the filing of the articles of incorporation with the office of probate judge in the county in which its principal facility is located. History: (Acts 1978, No. 620, p. 880, §12.)

Nonprofit Public Corporations for Provision of Temporary Care and Custody of Youths Under Juvenile Court Jurisdiction. All counties and incorporated municipalities in this state are hereby authorized and empowered to form regional, nonprofit, public corporations which shall provi…

Facilities and Programs and Corporations. Any corporation so created shall be a public, nonprofit corporation and may be organized as a successor to presently existing juvenile facilities and programs. Members in presently existing corporations shall automatically retain membersh…

The service area of such corporation shall be those present and future Alabama counties who are members of a corporation formed for the purpose of providing temporary care and custody to those children who are placed with the corporation by order of a judge exercising juvenile co…

Meetings of Boards of Directors. Such corporation shall be governed by a board of directors selected from member counties or municipalities, as the case may be, as may be specified in the bylaws of the corporation. The board of directors shall hold regular quarterly meetings and …

Pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, such corporation, in acting through the board of directors, shall have all the powers of a corporation as granted by the laws of Alabama. History: (Acts 1978, No. 620, p. 880, §6.)

The articles of incorporation of such corporation may be amended as specified in the articles of incorporation. History: (Acts 1978, No. 620, p. 880, §7.)

Any governing body in the state as defined in this chapter may submit a letter of application to the corporation’s chair of the board of directors. Said letter shall be in compliance with admission procedures as established by the board. Upon approval of a majority of board membe…

All governing bodies, as defined in this chapter, are hereby authorized to appropriate and pay over to the corporation a respective share of the costs of operation of the facilities and programs of said corporation and the construction, renovation or operation of any future facil…