Title 11

The governing body, where practicable, shall require that the proceeds of the sale of bonds issued under the provisions of this article be deposited in a special account or accounts in a bank or banks which are members of the federal reserve system and shall require, insofar as p…

All moneys derived from the sale of any revenue bonds issued under the provision of this article shall be used solely for the purpose or purposes for which the same are authorized, including any engineering, legal and other expenses incident thereto, and, in the case of bonds iss…

The governing body of the borrower authorizing bonds under the provisions of this article may make provision for any of such bonds to be called for payment on any interest payment date before maturity, with or without a premium, upon such terms and conditions as the governing bod…

The bonds and interest coupons issued under this article are hereby exempted from any and all state, county, municipal and other taxation whatsoever under the laws of the State of Alabama, and it shall be plainly stated on the face of each such bond as follows: “The principal of …

Any county or incorporated municipality in the State of Alabama may issue revenue bonds under the provisions of this article not only for the purposes specified in Section 11-81-166, but also for the purpose of refunding the principal of any outstanding general or limited obligat…

(a) Any borrower acquiring, improving, enlarging, extending or repairing any such system or combined system pursuant to the provisions of this article, may, in the event that the proceeds of any issue of revenue bonds by error of calculation or otherwise shall be less than the am…

Any bonds issued under this article solely for refunding purposes shall, unless it shall be otherwise provided in the authorizing proceedings providing for the issuance thereof, be secured to the same extent and have the same sources of payment as the bonds refunded thereby. Unle…

The bonds authorized under this article shall not be subject to any limitations or provisions contained in Articles 3 and 6 and Division 2 of Article 4 of this chapter. (Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 102, p. 88; Code 1940, T. 37, §316; Acts 1955, No. 494, p. 1127, §8.)

This article shall be construed as authorizing the issuance and sale of such bonds provided for herein without submitting the proposition for the approval of same to the voters of the borrower. Where bonds are authorized under this article it shall not be necessary to make public…

Bonds issued under the provisions of this article are legal investments for executors, administrators, trustees and other fiduciaries and for savings banks and insurance companies organized under the laws of this state. (Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 102, p. 88; Code 1940, T. 37, §31…

(a) In the authorizing proceedings or in the trust indenture, if any, under which bonds may be issued pursuant to the provisions of this article, there shall be created a statutory mortgage lien in favor of the holders of such bonds and of the interest coupons applicable thereto …

(a) Any system or systems that shall be made subject to a statutory mortgage lien as provided for in Section 11-81-178 shall remain subject to such lien until payment in full of the principal of and the interest on the bonds to secure the payment of which such lien was created or…

If there shall be any default in the payment of the principal of or interest upon any bonds issued under this article, any court having jurisdiction in any proper civil action may appoint a receiver to administer and operate the system or systems out of the revenues from which su…

(a) In the authorizing proceedings the borrower shall pledge for payment of the principal and interest on bonds issued under this article the revenues derived from operation of a system or systems of the borrower out of which such bonds are made payable; provided, that the borrow…

Nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit the borrower from appropriating and using any part of its available income or revenues derived from any source other than from the operation of such system or combined system in paying any immediate expenses of operation or m…

The governing body of the borrower shall designate as depository for the “gross revenue account” and each of the special funds provided for in Section 11-81-181 a bank or trust company duly qualified and doing business within the State of Alabama. The moneys in said account and i…

Rates for services furnished by any such system or combined system shall be fixed precedent to the issuance of the bonds. Such rates shall be sufficient to provide for the payment of the interest upon and the principal of all such bonds as and when the same become due and payable…

Rates charged for services furnished by any system or combined system purchased, constructed, improved, enlarged, extended or repaired under the provisions of this article shall not be subject to supervision or regulation by any state bureau, board, commission or other like instr…

The governing body may provide in the ordinance authorizing the issuance of bonds under the authority of this article that no free service shall be furnished by any such system or combined system to the county, city or incorporated town or to any agency, instrumentality, person, …

The ordinance authorizing the issuance of such bonds shall definitely determine whether such system or combined system shall be operated upon a calendar, operating or fiscal year basis and the dates of the beginning and ending of the same. (Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 102, p. 88; C…

(a) Any borrower issuing revenue bonds under the provisions of this article shall install and maintain proper books of record and account, separate entirely from other records and accounts of such borrower, in which full and correct entries shall be made of all dealings or transa…

Nothing in this article shall be construed as authorizing any borrower to impair or commit a breach of the obligation of any valid lien or contract created or entered into by it, the intention of this article being to authorize the pledging, setting aside and segregation of gross…

This article, being necessary for and to secure the public health, safety, convenience and welfare of the counties, cities and incorporated towns of the State of Alabama, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes hereof. (Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 102, p. 88; Code 1940,…

(a) Any county or municipal corporation within this state is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire by purchase, construction, condemnation or otherwise and to maintain, extend, improve and operate electric light plants, power plants, power lines and electric distribution sys…

Whenever any county or municipal corporation through its governing body shall vote to take advantage of the authority granted in this article, as a condition to the exercise of such authority it shall call an election, at which election the question of whether or not such county …

For the purpose of defraying the cost of acquiring such plants, or any one or more of them, or any part or parts thereof and making improvements and extensions thereto, either by purchase, construction, condemnation or otherwise, any municipal corporation or county may borrow mon…

Any such county or municipal corporation which borrows money under the authority of this article may pledge, create a lien upon and mortgage any such plants, or any one or more of them or any part or parts thereof, together with the extensions, improvements and appurtenances ther…

(a) In addition and for the further security of the lender, any such county or municipal corporation which has borrowed money under the authority of this article may enter into a contract with the lender binding itself for the proper application of money borrowed from such lender…

Any such county or municipal corporation which borrows money under the authority of this article may evidence the loan by an instrument or instruments in such form and of such tenor and maturity as may be agreed upon between lender and borrower, but no such instrument shall purpo…

Neither this article nor anything contained in this article shall be construed as a restriction or limitation upon any power or right which any such city may have in the absence thereof. Nor shall any enumeration of subjects in this article be construed to exclude any subject whi…

As used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) UNIT. Any public corporation organized in this state pursuant to authorization or determination by any municipality or muni…

When any unit desiring to issue any obligations shall, by its governing body, adopt any resolution or take any other action required by law for the issuance of obligations of such unit, the governing body of such unit may, in its discretion, before the issuance of any of such obl…

(a) The complaint by appropriate allegations, references or exhibits shall briefly state the following: the authority for issuing such obligations; the resolution or resolutions authorizing their issuance and the fact of their adoption and all essential proceedings had or taken i…

At the time and place designated in said order, the judge of said circuit court shall proceed to hear and determine all questions of law and of fact in said civil action, and he shall make such orders as to the proceedings in said civil action and adjournments as will best conser…

If the circuit court shall enter a judgment validating and confirming the issuance of the obligations and no appeal shall be taken within the time prescribed by the Alabama Rules of Appellate Procedure; or, if an appeal is taken, the judgment validating such obligations shall be …

Obligations validated under the provisions of this article shall have stamped or written thereon by the proper officers of such unit the words: “Validated and confirmed by judgment of the Circuit Court of ______ County, State of Alabama, entered on the _____ day of ______, 2__,” …

The costs in any proceeding under this article shall be paid by the unit issuing such obligations. (Acts 1953, No. 859, p. 1148, §7.)

No action shall be taken under this article for the validation of obligations of a unit in any case where the validity of such obligations is in controversy in any civil action or proceeding now pending in any state or federal court. (Acts 1953, No. 859, p. 1148, §8.)

This article shall be known and may be cited as the Property Insurance Reduction and Capital Expenditure Act of Alabama. (Act 2015-494, §1; Act 2026-265, §1.)

For the purposes of this article, the following words have the following meanings: (1) ASSESSMENT AGREEMENT. The agreement between a local government and a property owner in which the property owner voluntarily agrees to have the local government place an assessment and lien on t…

(a)(1) The governing body of a local government may designate an area of the local government or may designate the entire area of the local government, including the unincorporated and incorporated area of the local government if applicable, as a region in which the local governm…

(a) To establish a program under this article, the governing body of a local government must take the following actions in the following order: (1) Adopt a resolution of intent that includes all of the following: a. A finding that financing qualified projects through assessments …

(a) A qualifying property owner and a capital provider in a designated region may apply to a local government under this program to finance a qualified project and enter into a written consent agreement in which the property owner consents to the local government imposing an asse…

(a)(1) Before entering into a written assessment agreement with a local government, the qualifying property owner shall provide, or the local government shall obtain, a verified copy of a written consent agreement signed by the holder of each existing mortgage or other lien on th…

(a) An assessment under this article, including any interest or penalties on the assessment, shall constitute a lien on the qualifying property for the principal amount of the financing, subject to the requirement in Section 11-81-245 to obtain a signed consent agreement from all…

The imposition of an assessment pursuant to this article is to be made solely at the request of the owner of record of the qualifying property within a designated region. A local government shall not compel a person who owns qualifying property in a designated region to enter int…