Title 16

The school established at Huntsville, Alabama, known as and called J. F. Drake State Technical College is and shall remain a body corporate under the corporate name of J. F. Drake State Community and Technical College, and by that name may have and exercise all powers previously …

(a) The school heretofore established within the postsecondary system as the H. Councill Trenholm State Technical College is hereby named and shall be known as the H. Councill Trenholm State Community College and shall succeed to all the rights, privileges, emoluments, benefits, …

The Governor, the State Superintendent of Education, the member of the State Senate representing the senatorial district composed of Franklin and Marion Counties, the member of the State Senate representing the senatorial district of which Winston County is a part, the members of…

The Governor shall be ex officio chairman of the board; and he shall call a meeting of such board within 60 days after September 8, 1961. At this meeting the board shall organize itself, make provision for the preparation and adoption of bylaws and rules and regulations to govern…

The junior college hereby authorized shall be established and ready for operation not later than September 1, 1963. The board of trustees, with the advice and consent of the State Superintendent of Education, shall decide exactly where in the above named counties the college shal…

When a location for the college has been determined and the board has chosen a name for the college, the board of trustees shall file in the office of the Secretary of State a certificate stating the name and location of the college and the names of persons currently serving as m…

The board of trustees is hereby invested with full and ample authority to receive and accept for the use and benefit of the college all gifts, donations, devises and bequests of any and all money and real and personal property necessary and useful in carrying into effect the obje…

The board of trustees shall have full, ample and sufficient power and authority to make, adopt and enforce all rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the laws of this state, which may be necessary for the management, control and conduct of the college and the business conne…

The governing bodies of the Counties of Franklin, Marion and Winston and of each municipality in such counties are hereby authorized to appropriate funds in their respective treasuries, not otherwise appropriated, to be used for the acquisition of land and the construction thereo…

The college shall offer to all eligible students in attendance a program of general education consisting of courses parallel to those of the first and second years of work at a state institution of higher learning offering a four-year course. The State Board of Education shall pr…

The junior college established pursuant to this article shall be under the direct control of the board of trustees hereby established and shall be under the immediate supervision and direction of a president, appointed by the board of trustees for a term to be fixed by the board.…

The president, with the advice and consent of the board of trustees, shall appoint and fix the compensation for all professors, instructors and other necessary teachers and officers. The president, professors and instructors shall compose the faculty of the college. (Acts 1961, N…

The board of trustees of the college shall elect a secretary for the school who shall hold office for the term prescribed by the board and shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by the trustees and shall perform such services as may be required of him. (Acts 1961, No. 88…

The board of trustees shall also elect a treasurer for the college who shall not be a trustee. The treasurer shall receive, hold and pay out all moneys belonging to the college, or that may be paid in for the necessary expenses of any student in the college or for the use and ben…

Whenever the funds in the hands of the treasurer or funds about to be received by him are in danger of being lost, the board of trustees or the president may remove the treasurer from office and take from him all funds and choses in action belonging to the college or any student …

The secretary, the treasurer and all other officers, agents or servants of the college who are required to keep, use or dispose of any property of the college shall keep accounts of transactions relative thereto in books to be furnished them by the board of trustees, which shall …

A matriculation fee may be collected from all students enrolled in the college, and the amount of such fee shall be determined by the board of trustees. The proceeds of the fee shall be expended under the direction of such board. A reasonable fee for the use of the library and la…

The property of the college, of every kind and description, shall forever be exempt from all taxes, municipal, county or state, and from all local assessments. The president, other officers, professors, teachers and employees of the college are exempted from jury duty, and all em…

The faculty, with the approval of the board of trustees, may grant and confer diplomas or certificates upon such students as may be entitled thereto under the rules adopted by the board of trustees governing the subject. (Acts 1961, No. 888, p. 1397, §17.)

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 college, embracing an itemized account of all receipts and disbursements on account of the college by…

If the Board of Trustees of the Northwest Alabama Junior College, established pursuant to this article, determines that it is to the advantage of the college to convert it to a trade school and junior college which may be constructed, enlarged and equipped under Sections 16-60-80…

Upon receipt of a petition from the Board of Trustees of Northwest Alabama Junior College to become an institution authorized under the Alabama Trade School and Junior College Authority Act, Sections 16-60-80 through 16-60-96, the State Board of Education shall consider the need …

The provisions of Sections 16-60-38 and 16-60-39 are supplemental, and this chapter shall be liberally construed to the end that Sections 16-60-20 through 16-60-37, 16-60-80 through 16-60-96 and 16-60-110 through 16-60-112 shall each have a field of operation and be construed in …

The Governor, the State Superintendent of Education, the member of the State Senate representing the senatorial district of which Jackson County is a part and the member of the State Senate representing the senatorial district of which DeKalb County is a part, the members of the …

The Governor shall be ex officio chairman of the board, and he shall call a meeting of such board within 60 days after September 15, 1961. At this meeting the board shall organize itself, make provisions for the preparation and adoption of bylaws and rules and regulations to gove…

The junior college hereby authorized shall be established and ready for operation not later than September 1, 1963. The board of trustees, with the advice and consent of the State Superintendent of Education, shall decide exactly where in the above named counties the college shal…

When a location for the college has been determined and the board has chosen a name for the college, the board of trustees shall file in the office of the Secretary of State a certificate stating the name and location of the college and the names of persons currently serving as m…

The board of trustees is hereby invested with full and ample authority to receive and accept for the use and benefit of the college all gifts, donations, devises and bequests of any and all money and real and personal property necessary and useful in carrying into effect the obje…

The board of trustees shall have full, ample and sufficient power and authority to make, adopt and enforce all rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the laws of this state, which may be necessary for the management, control and conduct of the college and the business conne…

The governing bodies of the Counties of Jackson and DeKalb, and of each municipality in such counties, are hereby authorized to appropriate funds in their respective treasuries, not otherwise appropriated, to be used for the acquisition of land and the construction thereon of bui…

The college shall offer to all eligible students in attendance a program of general education consisting of courses parallel to those of the first and second years of work at a state institution of higher learning offering a four-year course. The college shall also offer and admi…

The junior college established pursuant to this article shall be under the direct control of the board of trustees hereby established and shall be under the immediate supervision and direction of a president, appointed by the board of trustees for a term to be fixed by the board.…

The president, with the advice and consent of the board of trustees, shall appoint and fix the compensation for all professors, instructors and other necessary teachers and officers. The president, professors and instructors shall compose the faculty of the college. (Acts 1961, E…

The board of trustees of the college shall elect a secretary for the school who shall hold office for the term prescribed by the board and shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by the trustees and shall perform such services as may be required of him. (Acts 1961, Ex. Se…

The board of trustees shall also elect a treasurer for the college who shall not be a trustee. The treasurer shall receive, hold and pay out all moneys belonging to the college, or that may be paid in for the necessary expenses of any student in the college, or for the use and be…

Whenever the funds in the hands of the treasurer or funds about to be received by him are in danger of being lost, the board of trustees or the president may remove the treasurer from office and take from him all funds and choses in action belonging to the college or any student …

The secretary, the treasurer and all other officers, agents or servants of the college who are required to keep, use or dispose of any property of the college shall keep accounts of transactions relative thereto in books to be furnished them by the board of trustees, which shall …

A matriculation fee may be collected from all students enrolled in the college, and the amount of such fee shall be determined by the board of trustees. The proceeds of the fee shall be expended under the direction of such board. A reasonable fee for the use of the library and la…

The property of the college, of every kind and description, shall forever be exempt from all taxes, municipal, county or state and from all local assessments. The president, other officers, professors, teachers and employees of the college are exempted from jury duty, and all emp…

The faculty, with the approval of the board of trustees, may grant and confer diplomas or certificates upon such students as may be entitled thereto under the rules adopted by the board of trustees governing the subject. (Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 151, p. 2095, §17.)

It shall be the duty of the board of trustees to make or cause to be made an annual report to the State Board of Education, to the boards of education and county commissions of Jackson and DeKalb Counties, to the governing bodies of each municipality within said counties and to t…

This article may be cited as the Alabama Trade School and Junior College Authority Act. (Acts 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 93, p. 259, §18.)

For the purpose of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them by this section: (1) AUTHORITY. The Alabama Trade School and Junior College Authority organized under the provisions of this article. (2) BONDS. The bonds issued u…

The Legislature hereby makes the following findings of fact and declares its intent to be as follows: The number of students enrolled in trade schools and colleges supported wholly or in part by the state has increased greatly during recent years. Further increases in enrollment …

The Governor, the Director of Finance and the State Superintendent of Education may become a public corporation with the powers hereinafter provided by proceeding according to the provisions of Section 16-60-84. (Acts 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 93, p. 259, §3.)

To become a corporation, the Governor, the Director of Finance and the State Superintendent of Education shall present to the Secretary of State of Alabama an application signed by them which shall set forth: (1) The name, official designation and official residence of each of th…