Title 11 — Title 11

The legislature has found and determined and does hereby declare that in Class 3 municipalities the following conditions exist: (1) That the constant growth of private vehicular traffic in such counties in which such municipalities are located is placing excessive burdens upon th…

Payable; Trust Indentures, Mortgages, Etc. All bonds issued by the authority shall be signed by the chairman of its board or other chief executive officer and attested by its secretary, and the seal of the authority shall be affixed thereto, and any interest coupons applicable to…

As security for payment of the principal of and the interest on bonds issued or obligations assumed by it, the authority may enter into a contract or contracts binding itself for the proper application of the proceeds of bonds and other funds, for the continued operation and main…

Any resolution of the board or trust indenture under which bonds may be issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter may contain provisions creating a statutory mortgage lien, in favor of the holders of such bonds and of the interest coupons applicable thereto, on the transi…

All moneys derived from the sale of any bonds issued by the authority shall be used solely for the purpose or purposes for which the same are authorized and any costs and expenses incidental thereto. Such costs and expenses may include but shall not be limited to: (1) The fiscal,…

For the purpose of securing public transportation or aiding or cooperating with the authority in the planning, development, undertaking, construction, acquisition, extension, improvement, operation, or protection of transit systems, any county, municipality or other political sub…

The property and income of the authority, all bonds issued by the authority, the income from such bonds, conveyances by or to the authority, and leases, mortgages, and deeds of trust by or to the authority shall be exempt from all taxation in the State of Alabama. The authority s…

This chapter is intended to aid the state in the execution of its duties by providing appropriate and independent instrumentalities of the state with full and adequate powers to fulfill their functions. Except as in this chapter expressly otherwise provided, no proceeding, notice…

Each authority is hereby authorized to use the rights-of-way of all public roads in the state without securing the prior approval of the state or of its agencies or departments or the governing body of said county and subject only to the necessity of obtaining the municipal conse…

Within 30 days of the beginning of the fiscal year of an authority, the board shall adopt a budget for such fiscal year. Any such budget may be amended by a resolution of the board from time to time and at any time. Within 30 days following the close of each fiscal year the autho…

At any time when the authority has no bonds or other obligations outstanding, the board may adopt a resolution, which shall be duly entered upon its minutes, declaring that the authority shall be dissolved. Upon the filing for record of a certified copy of the said resolution in …

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) APPLICANT. A natural person who files a writte…

The existence of an authority incorporated under the provisions of this chapter, shall prevent the subsequent incorporation hereunder of another authority in the same county. History: (Acts 1979, No. 79-777, p. 1380, §20.)

The following provisions shall be applied wherever appropriate herein: “Herein,” “hereby,” “hereunder,” “hereof,” and other equivalent words refer to this chapter as an entirety and not solely to the particular section or portion thereof in which any such word is used. The defini…

A public corporation may be organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter in any Class 3 municipality. In order to incorporate such a public corporation, any number of natural persons, not less than three, shall first file a written application with the governing body of t…

Acknowledging; Additional Documents; Notice to Secretary of State. Within 40 days following the adoption of an authorizing resolution by the governing body the applicants shall proceed to incorporate an authority by filing for record in the office of the judge of probate of the c…

Denial or Approval of Governing Body; Filing. The certificate of incorporation of any authority incorporated under the provisions of this chapter may at any time and from time to time be amended in the manner provided in this section, provided that the contents of any amendment a…

Vacancies; Qualifications; Expenses and Compensation; Removal. Each authority shall be governed by a board of directors. All powers of the authority shall be exercised by the board or pursuant to its authorization. The board shall consist of six directors. Each director shall be …

The authority shall have the following powers, together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to the discharge thereof in corporate form: (1) To have succession by its corporate name for the duration of time (which may be perpetual, subject to the provisions of Section …

Rates, fees, and charges for public transportation service rendered by the authority from any of its transit systems shall be fixed and from time to time revised as at all times to provide funds that, when added to all other revenues (including tax proceeds) anticipated to be rec…