Title 24 — Title 24

of Board and Public Notice Thereof; Salaries; Record of Proceedings; Copies of Proceedings as Evidence; Permanent Maintenance of Official Record; Members, Officers, Etc., Not Personally Liable; Legislative Oversight Committee Established; Composition; Appointment; Expenses. (a) T…

This article shall be known and may be cited as “The Alabama Home Buyers Initiative Act.” History: (Act 2009-284, p. 487, §1.)

The Legislature finds that the effects of the global and national recession are now affecting Alabama’s housing industry and adversely affecting the state’s economic development activity. The large number of homes on the market is causing a reduction in housing starts, resulting …

(a) In order to offset the adverse effects of the global and national recession on Alabama’s housing industry and its economic development activity and to provide a boost to the state’s housing industry and its economic development and industrial recruitment, the Legislature adop…

As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ALABAMA HOME BUYERS INITIATIVE. A program that includes a conventional mortgage program not to exceed one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) in aggregate loan amount to be administered by the progra…

Depletion of Fund. (a) There is hereby established a mortgage guarantee fund to be held in the State Treasury and to be administered by the Alabama Housing Finance Authority that will be available to reimburse foreclosure losses, if any, that arise with respect to a qualified mor…

Depletion. (a) Mortgage guarantee fund. In addition to the uses provided in Section 24-1A-43, commencing on March 3, 2014, the mortgage guarantee fund established by the Alabama Home Buyers Initiative Act, including all funds appropriated for the mortgage guarantee fund and all i…

The authority shall have the following powers: (1) To have succession by its corporate name until the principal of and interest on the bonds shall have been fully paid and until it shall have been dissolved as provided in this chapter; (2) To sue and be sued and to prosecute and …

(a) General. The authority may from time to time issue its negotiable bonds in such principal amounts as, in the opinion of the authority, shall be necessary to provide sufficient funds for achieving the corporate purposes thereof, the payment of interest on bonds of the authorit…

Percentages; Allocation of Proceeds Available for Single Family Mortgage Loans. (a) 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, including costs and expenses of issue. Suc…

(a) Any bonds issued by the authority may from time to time be refunded by the issuance, by sale or exchange, of refunding bonds payable from the same or different sources for the purpose of paying: (1) All or any part of the principal of the bonds to be refunded; (2) Any redempt…

(a) It is hereby found and declared: (1) That there exist in many communities within this state blighted areas, as defined herein, or areas in the process of becoming blighted; (2) That such areas impair economic values and tax revenues, cause an increase in and spread of disease…

The provisions of this chapter shall be cumulative and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law and shall be construed in pari materia with other laws relative to redevelopment plans and redevelopment projects. No laws shall be deemed repealed by this chapter unless …

Redevelopment of Blighted Property; Limitations on Eminent Domain; Definitions. (a) Any housing authority now or hereafter established pursuant to this title, or any incorporated city or town may carry out any work or undertaking, hereafter called a “redevelopment project”: (1) T…

Housing Laws; Contracts; Issuance of Bonds and Other Obligations; Eminent Domain. In undertaking such redevelopment projects a housing authority, or the governing body of any incorporated city or town, shall have all the rights, powers, privileges, and immunities that such author…

Counties, Etc., in Which Project Situated; Assistance of Redevelopment Projects by Cities, Counties, Etc. An authority or the governing body of any city or town shall not initiate any redevelopment project under this chapter until the governing body, or agency designated by it or…

For the purpose of coordinating its activities and undertakings under this chapter with the needs and undertakings of other local organizations and groups, a housing authority or the governing body of any incorporated city or town may establish an advisory board consisting of the…

Public Agencies in Accordance with Redevelopment Plan. (a) The authority or the governing body of any city or town may make land in a redevelopment project available for use by private enterprise or public agencies in accordance with the redevelopment plan. Such land may be made …

Corporations for Redevelopment. Any property which the authority or the governing body of any incorporated city or town leases to private individuals or corporations for development under a redevelopment plan shall have the same tax status as if such leased property were owned by…

An authority or the governing body of any incorporated city or town may borrow money or accept contributions from the federal government to assist in its undertaking redevelopment projects. An authority or the governing body of any incorporated city or town may do any and all thi…

Authorities, Etc. Bonds or other obligations issued by a housing authority or the governing body of any incorporated city or town, in connection with a redevelopment project pursuant to this chapter, shall be security for public deposits and legal investments to the same extent a…

Afford Opportunities for Redevelopment, Etc., by Private Enterprise. (a) It is hereby found and declared: (1) That there exist in communities of the state slum, blighted, and deteriorated areas which constitute a serious and growing menace, injurious to the public health, safety,…

on Eminent Domain. (a) In addition to its authority under this title, any housing authority created under this title is hereby authorized to plan and undertake urban renewal projects. (b) The governing body of any incorporated city or town is likewise hereby authorized to plan an…

Any urban renewal project undertaken pursuant to Section 24-3-2 shall be undertaken in accordance with an urban renewal plan for the area of the project. As used in this chapter, an “urban renewal plan” means a plan, as it exists from time to time, for an urban renewal project, w…

Urban Renewal Projects Generally; Surveys and Plans. An authority shall have all the powers necessary or convenient to undertake and carry out urban renewal plans and urban renewal projects, including the authority to acquire and dispose of property, to make payments to persons a…

Delegation of Powers, Etc., of Authority to Municipalities, Etc. Any municipality or other public body is hereby authorized, without limiting any provision in Section 24-3-4, to do any and all things necessary to aid and cooperate in the planning and undertaking of an urban renew…

The governing body of the municipality, or such public officer or public body as it may designate, is hereby authorized to prepare a workable program (which may include an official plan of action, as it exists from time to time, for effectively dealing with the problem of slums a…

Vacant Land by Housing Authorities, Etc. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the acquisition, preparation for development, or disposal of undeveloped vacant land shall constitute a redevelopment project, under this title or any other law, which may be undertaken in the sa…

The powers conferred by this chapter shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law, and nothing contained herein shall be construed as limiting any other powers of a housing authority. History: (Acts 1955, No. 553, p. 1210, §9.)

The provisions of this chapter shall be cumulative and supplemental and shall be construed in pari materia with other laws relative to urban renewal plans and urban renewal projects. No law shall be deemed repealed by this chapter unless in specific conflict with this chapter. Hi…

The Legislature hereby finds that in an effort to meet the housing needs within the state, the private housing and construction industry has developed mass production techniques which can substantially reduce a housing and building cost, and that the mass production of housing an…

As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them by this section: (1) COMMISSION. The Alabama Manufactured Housing Commission. (2) APPROVED. Conforming to the recognized codes and regulatory requirements adopted by the commission. (3) APPROVED…

Modification of Units Prior to or During Installation; Authority of Local Government Agencies; Fee Schedule; Manufactured Buildings Approved by Other States. (a) The commission is authorized to promulgate rules, and enter into contracts, and do such things as may be necessary and…

Promulgation of Rules and Regulations. (a) The commission shall enforce the provisions of this chapter and the regulations adopted pursuant hereto; except, that the commission may delegate its enforcement authority to a local government agency, an approved inspection agency or an…

The commission may obtain injunctive relief from the proper circuit court to enjoin the sale, delivery, or installation of manufactured building upon an affidavit specifying the manner in which the building does not conform to the requirements of this chapter or to rules issued p…

A person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter or any rule adopted pursuant hereto is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of $500.00, or by imprisonment for 30 days, or both. A separate violation shall be deemed to have occurred with respect to each buildin…

The provisions of this chapter omit pre-engineered metal buildings. History: (Acts 1981, No. 81-706, p. 1183, §7.)

This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Uniform Standards Code for Manufactured Homes Act.” History: (Acts 1971, No. 1938, p. 3129, §1; Act 2009-37, p. 130, §3.)

A license to sell to licensed dealers or to the public of this state shall be issued for a fee in an amount as established by the commission by rule pursuant to Section 24- 6-4. History: (Acts 1971, No. 1938, p. 3129, §9; Acts 1975, No. 1051, p. 2114; Acts 1980, No. 80-599, p. 10…

(a) The commission shall maintain a system by which accurate statistics regarding the disposition of all manufactured homes by licensees may be obtained. (b) The commission shall require that each licensee in this state maintain adequate records so as to ascertain all of the foll…

The commission is hereby charged with the administration of this article. It shall make and amend, alter or repeal general rules and regulations of procedure for carrying into effect all provisions of this article and prescribe means, methods, and practices to make effective such…

Manufactured Homes. (a) No person may interfere, obstruct, or hinder an authorized representative of the commission who displays proper commission credentials in the performance of his or her duties as set forth in this article. (b) In the performance of its duties, the commissio…

with Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development; Purpose. The commission shall be authorized to enter into contracts with any private or public agency which is under contract with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development to provide services in the en…

(a) Whoever violates this article or any regulation or order issued under this article shall be liable for a civil penalty of not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each such violation. Each violation of any section of this article or regulation or order shall constitute…

Unless clearly indicated otherwise by the context, the following words when used in this article, for purposes of this article, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section: (1) ALABAMA MANUFACTURED HOUSING COMMISSION FUND. The fund established to provide…

All construction of manufactured homes manufactured after May 28, 1980, in this state shall meet the standards of the Uniform Standards Code. History: (Acts 1971, No. 1938, p. 3129, §3; Acts 1980, No. 80-599, p. 1014, §2; Act 2009-37, p. 130, §3.)

This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Uniform Code for the Anchoring of Mobile Homes Act.” History: (Acts 1975, No. 1144, p. 2247, §1.)

When used in this article, unless the context plainly indicates otherwise, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section: (1) ANSI. The American National Standards Institute or its successor. (2) GROUND ANCHOR. Any device at…

(a) After January 1, 1976, it shall be unlawful for any person to install, allow to be installed, occupy, or allow to be occupied any new or used manufactured home or manufactured building unless the home or building is tied down to properly installed ground anchors so as to be a…

Additional Relief from Violations. (a) It is a misdemeanor for any person to install, allow to be installed, occupy, or allow to be occupied, any manufactured home or manufactured building in this state which is not in accordance with the uniform standards and the rules and regul…