Title 16 — Title 16

in Order to Qualify for Federal, Etc., Funds. It is the intention of the Legislature by passage of this chapter that Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University shall enjoy no less and no more autonomy than any other public university in the State of Alabama and shall offer to…

The personnel policies and procedures and statement of academic freedom and tenure for the faculty, other officers and professional and operating staff of the university, and the statement of rights and responsibilities of students of the university in force on September 5, 1975,…

(a)(1) There is created a Board of Trustees for Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University, a state land-grant educational institution at Huntsville. The membership of the board shall be inclusive and reflect the racial, gender, geographic, urban/rural, and economic diversity…

The Governor, by virtue of his or her office, and the trustees appointed from the several congressional districts of the state and the nation at large, pursuant to Section 16-49-20, and their successors in office are constituted a body corporate under the name of Board of Trustee…

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 …

The board shall not engage in activity that interferes with the day-to-day operation of the university. The primary responsibility of the board of trustees is to set policy for the university and prescribe rates of tuition and fees. The board also has the power to organize the un…

The board of trustees created by this chapter for Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University shall have exclusive jurisdiction, power and authority with regard to the supervision, management and control of Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University; and the State Board of…

Repealed by Act 2011-657, p. 1744, §2, effective June 9, 2011. History: (Acts 1975, No. 198, p. 467, §5.)

(a) The Board of Trustees of Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University shall hold three regular meetings at the university on the fourth Thursday in February, June, and October, unless the board or Governor as ex officio president, shall determine to hold its meetings at ano…

The Board of Trustees of Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University may participate in meetings by electronic means in the same manner as provided for the Board of Trustees of Alabama State University in Section 16-50-26. History: (Act 2022-198, §2.)

Seven 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. History: (Acts 1975, No. 198, p. 467, §7; Acts 1989, No. 89-881, p. 1778, §1.)

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 and ex officio members to the payment of their actual expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties as such trus…

It shall be unlawful for any member of the board to derive financial benefit in any form from a contract or transaction affecting the interest of the university; to procure, or to be a party in any way, to procuring the appointment of any relative to any position of financial tru…

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…

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 of the university by th…

(a) The President of Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical 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 gr…

This article shall be cited as the “State Black Archives, Research Center and Museum.” History: (Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess, No. 85-944, p. 283, §1.)

For the purposes of this article the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) REPOSITORY. A place or depository on the Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University campus. (2) SOURCE MATERIALS. Any writ…

The general purposes of this article are to provide for the obtaining, preserving and holding for circulation in a repository at the Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University source materials on Afro-American history and culture which shall be used for research and other edu…

The president of the university shall appoint a curator of the repository who shall be a recognized authority on Afro-American history and culture. The curator shall be empowered to seek out and secure source materials on or about Afro-Americans, to catalog and preserve such mate…

The repository shall serve the state by collecting and preserving source materials on the contributions, achievements and general experiences of Afro-Americans, and shall endeavor to reproduce and secure copies of all materials on or about black Americans from the earliest beginn…

For the purposes of this article the Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University has the authority to accept and receive funds, grants and service from the federal government or its agencies; from departments, agencies and instrumentalities of state, municipal or local governm…