Title 11

(a) The user of any facility acquired, improved, financed, or in any way provided or assisted by any authority pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall not employ any third party that is not a governmental agency or a not-for-profit organization to administer or manage su…

The purpose of this chapter is to encourage private not-for-profit organizations, whether or not having any religious affiliation, to satisfy secular needs concerning the housing, care, and treatment of persons requiring special care, which needs, if not so satisfied by such priv…

Every authority shall be a not-for-profit public corporation and no part of its net earnings remaining after payment of its expenses shall inure to the benefit of any private person, except that in the event the board of any authority shall determine that sufficient provision has…

For the purpose of attaining the objectives of this chapter, any county, municipality, or other political subdivision, public corporation, agency, or instrumentality of the state may, upon such terms and with or without consideration, as it may determine, do any or all of the fol…

(a) At any time when any authority does not have any bonds, notes, or other obligations outstanding and when there shall be no other obligations assumed by such authority that are then outstanding, the board of such authority may adopt a resolution, which shall be duly entered up…

(a) Every authority shall exercise its powers in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state, for their well-being and for the improvement of their health and social condition, and the exemptions from taxation hereinafter described are hereby granted in order to promo…

Any authority and all contracts made by it shall be exempt from the laws of the state governing usury or prescribing or limiting interest rates, including, but without limitation to, the provisions of Chapter 8 of Title 8, as such laws may at any time be amended. Further, any pay…

It is hereby found and declared as follows: There exists in the State of Alabama a serious shortage of adequate facilities for the housing, care, and treatment of persons requiring special care, including orphans and persons who are elderly, sick, physically disabled, or handicap…

Any authority and all contracts made by it shall be exempt from the laws of the state now or hereafter in effect that require competitive bids for any contract to be entered into by municipalities or by public corporations authorized by such municipalities, including, but without…

This chapter shall be construed liberally to effect its purposes and neither this chapter nor anything herein contained is or shall be construed as a restriction or limitation upon any powers which any authority might otherwise have under any laws of the state, and the provisions…

(a) By proceeding in the manner set forth herein, any number of natural persons, not less than three, may incorporate a special care facilities financing authority in any municipality of the state. Such authority shall be organized as a public corporation and instrumentality of t…

(a) The certificate of incorporation of any authority may at any time and from time to time be amended in the manner provided in this section. The board of the authority shall first adopt a resolution proposing an amendment to the certificate of incorporation, which amendment sha…

(a) Every 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 three directors elected in the manner hereinafter prescribed, as soon as may be practicable afte…

The officers of an authority shall consist of a chairman, vice chairman, secretary, treasurer, and such other officers as its board shall deem necessary or appropriate. The offices of secretary and treasurer may but need not be held by the same person. The chairman and vice chair…

(a) Every authority shall have all of the powers necessary and convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this chapter, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following powers: (1) To have succession in its corporate name for t…

(a) Any authority shall have power to issue from time to time its bonds and notes in such principal amount as its board shall determine to be necessary to provide sufficient funds for achieving any of its corporate purposes, including the payment of interest on any of its notes a…

(a) Upon the adoption by the board of any authority of any resolution providing for the issuance of bonds or notes, such authority may, in the discretion of its board, cause a notice respecting the issuance of such bonds or notes to be published once a week for two consecutive we…