Title 45

(a) There is hereby established a public corporation for the purposes hereinafter specified, which corporation shall be vested with the powers conferred upon it by this part. The public corporation is at times hereinafter referred to as the authority. (b) Subject to the condition…

(a) The power of the authority shall be vested in and exercised by a majority of the members of the board of directors; however, the board may delegate to one or more of its members or its officers, agents, and employees such duties as it may deem proper. The board of directors s…

(a) The authority shall be authorized to construct, maintain, control, operate, and manage a civic center in the City of Florence. The authority shall be authorized to construct, maintain, control, operate, and manage all or any of the following to be situated in the civic center…

(a) Subject to the conditions, qualifications, and restrictions set forth in subsection (e), the authority shall have the power to borrow money and to issue revenue bonds as evidence of money so borrowed, which bonds shall be payable solely from taxes made payable to the authorit…

For purposes of this subpart, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) ACTIVITY. Includes, but is not limited to, all of the following that benefit businesses in the tourism improvement district: a. Promotion of public events. b. Furnishing of music in any public plac…

The city council may create and maintain tourism improvement districts within its corporate limits pursuant to this part. (Act 2023-282, §2.)

(a) Upon receipt of a written petition signed by 60 percent or more of the business owners or authorized representatives of the businesses proposed to be subject to the benefit assessment, the city council may initiate proceedings to form a tourism improvement district by adoptin…

A tourism improvement district plan shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (1) A map that identifies the tourism improvement district boundaries in sufficient detail to allow a business owner to reasonably determine whether a business is located within the to…

(a) If the city council has adopted a resolution of intention to establish or renew a tourism improvement district and levy a new or increased tourism improvement district benefit assessment, the city council shall hold a public hearing on the establishment or renewal of the tour…

At the conclusion of the public hearing to establish or renew a tourism improvement district, the city council may adopt, revise, change, reduce, or modify the proposed tourism improvement district benefit assessment, the boundaries of the tourism improvement district, or the typ…

(a) If the city council, following the public hearing, decides to establish or renew a proposed tourism improvement district, the city council shall adopt an authorizing ordinance that shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (1) A brief description of the prop…

If a tourism improvement district expires due to the time limit set pursuant to subdivision (8) of Section 45-39A-11.23, a new tourism improvement district plan may be established or the expiring tourism improvement district may be renewed pursuant to this subpart. (Act 2023-282,…

(a) The collection of the benefit assessments levied pursuant to this subpart shall be made at the time and in the manner set forth by the city council in the authorizing ordinance. All delinquent payments for benefit assessments levied pursuant to this subpart may be charged int…

Bonds may be issued by the city or the business owners’ association to pay for improvements in the tourism improvement district, provided that any bond issue is not included in the city’s indebtedness for the purpose of Section 225 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, and othe…

(a) The business owners’ association, at any time, may request that the city council modify the tourism improvement district plan. Any modification of the tourism improvement district plan shall be made pursuant to this subpart. The tourism improvement district plan shall not be …

(a) The business owners’ association shall prepare a prospective report for each fiscal year, except the first year, for which benefit assessments are to be levied and collected to pay the costs of the activities described in the report. The owners’ association’s first report sha…

(a) Any tourism improvement district previously established whose term has expired, or shall expire, may be renewed by following the procedures for establishment as provided in this subpart. (b) Upon renewal, any remaining revenues derived from the benefit assessment, or any reve…

(a) A tourism improvement district established or renewed pursuant to this subpart may be dissolved by adoption of an ordinance by the city council after public notice and hearing required by this section when there is no indebtedness, outstanding and unpaid, incurred to accompli…

Upon the dissolution or expiration without renewal of a tourism improvement district, any remaining revenues, after all outstanding debts are paid, derived from the levy of benefit assessments or derived from the sale of assets acquired with the revenues, shall be spent in accord…

If the majority of electors voting vote in favor of changing to an elected board, an elected board of education for the City of Florence shall be established. The board shall be called the Florence City Board of Education. The board shall be composed of six members, with one memb…

A member shall reside in the district which the member represents during the entire term of office. If a member leaves the district he or she represents, that position on the board shall be considered vacant and shall be filled pursuant to Section 45–39A–12.05. If the boundaries …

A candidate for each place on the board of education shall be at least 21 years of age, a registered voter, a resident of the board of education district which he or she seeks to represent on the board for at least six months immediately preceding the deadline date for qualifying…

(a) The Florence City Council shall take necessary steps to ensure that this part complies with the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended. (b) The Florence City Council shall call an election to elect the initial members of the board of education. This election shall be h…

(a) Upon the assumption of office of the initially elected members of the board of education, the Florence City Board of Education as provided in this part shall be constituted and the terms, powers, duties, responsibilities, and emoluments of office of the prior members of the b…

A vacancy on the board of education shall be filled by appointment by a majority of the remaining members of the board of education for the unexpired term. The remaining members of the board shall fill the vacancy within 45 days after the vacancy occurs from qualified candidates …

The compensation for each member of the board of education shall be in an amount as provided by state law, payable from city school system funds. (Act 2000-656, p. 1311, §8.)

An annual audit of the financial records of the city school system and of the board of education shall be conducted by an independent licensed certified public accountant, selected by the board, who has an office located in the City of Florence. The audit results shall be made a …

Any member of the board of education who fails to attend more than two regularly scheduled monthly board meetings without an authorized excused absence as recognized by the board through written policy shall receive a written request from the city superintendent of education to a…

The chair of the board shall have all of the following duties: (1) To preside over all board meetings. (2) To set the meeting dates and times of all board meetings consistent with state law. The chair shall endeavor to set meeting times at 7:00 p.m. or at a similar time which wil…

Members of the Florence City Board of Education shall be immune from any civil liability whatsoever, be it in contract, tort, or otherwise, for any actions taken in their official capacity as members of the board. (Act 2000-656, p. 1311, §12.)

The Board of Commissioners of the City of Florence is authorized and empowered at any time subsequent to September 25, 1997, to put into force and effect an ordinance or ordinances governing the police and fire departments of the city as provided in this part; but this part shall…

With reference to the police department the following definition shall apply as used herein: The word patrolman shall mean and apply to all motorcycle officers, drivers of automobiles used by the police department, and all other members of the police department below the grade of…

The civil service board shall consist of five members to be appointed by the members of the City Council of the City of Florence. In each year the city council shall appoint one person as the successor to the member of the civil service board whose term shall expire that year. Th…

The civil service board shall make rules and regulations to carry out the purpose of this article, and for examinations, appointments, and removals in accordance with its provisions and the board, from time to time, may make changes in the existing rules. The chief of police and …

All applicants for a place or position on the police force or fire department, as the case may be, shall file their application in writing with the civil service board, the applications to be on the blank forms furnished by the board, and all applicants shall be subject to examin…

The board shall control all examinations, and whenever an examination is to take place, shall conduct the examination. Every applicant for examination shall pay to the city clerk the sum of one dollar fifty cents ($1.50), and the receipt therefor shall be attached to his or her a…

The chief of police, as far as the police department be concerned, and the chief of the fire department, as far as the fire department be concerned shall notify the civil service board of vacancies in the ranks of patrolmen or firemen, respectively, and the board shall furnish th…

The civil service board, in an emergency, or in cases where it deems proper, may authorize the chief of police to appoint for temporary service such number of police officers as in the opinion of the board of commissioners of the city the existing conditions demand. All officers …

It shall be a violation of this part for any official, officer, or other person to issue, give, or lend one of the regulation police or detective badges to any person other than a regularly employed police officer or detective of the city. (Acts 1947, No. 437, p. 291, §9.)

The civil service board shall elect one of their members as chair who shall hold office as chair at the pleasure of the board. The civil service board shall hold regular meetings on the third Mondays in January, April, July, and October for the transaction of business and may hol…

The civil service board shall keep minutes of their meetings and records of all business transacted by them at each and every meeting. All minutes and records shall be open for inspection at all times by the chief of police, chief of the fire department, and any member of the cit…

The compensation of the civil service board shall be one hundred dollars ($100) per month. The mayor and the city council, or other governing body of the city shall provide for the salaries and expenses of the civil service board, and shall provide in the annual budget of all cit…

No recommendation by any officer or official, whether the officer or official be a city, county, state, or national officer or official, shall be considered by any person concerned in any examination or appointment under this part, except as to the general moral character of the …

Any person in the service of the city by appointment under civil service rules who shall wilfully, or through culpable negligence, violate this part, and who shall be found guilty after a trial before the civil service board shall be dismissed from the service of the city, and sh…

Every member of the police department and every member of the fire department in all cities coming within this part, who was such member on the day upon which this code goes into effect shall retain his or her position without examination, and be subject to all the conditions and…

No person shall be eligible to take the civil service examination or to appointment as a member of either the police or fire departments in cities coming within this part who is not a citizen of the United States or who has ever been convicted of a felony, or who does not possess…