Title 4 — Title 4

Each authority shall be governed by a board of directors of either three, five, or seven members as provided in the certificate of incorporation or the bylaws. If the sole authorizing subdivision is a county, the county commission of the county shall elect all directors. If the s…

The officers of the authority shall consist of a chairman, a vice-chairman, a secretary, a treasurer and such other officers as the board shall deem necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the authority was organized. The chairman and vice-chairman shall be elected by the …

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 in perpetuity) specified in its certificate of i…

Airport Activities; Eminent Domain. (a) An airport authority may participate in a corporation, partnership, or joint venture as a general or limited partner, shareholder, or member of any lawful business entity relating to airport operations, land acquisitions, and activities inc…

The authority is authorized to accept, receive, receipt for, disburse and expend federal, state and county or municipal moneys and other moneys, public or private, made available by grant or loan or both, to accomplish, in whole or in part, any of the purposes of this article. Al…

For the purpose of aiding and cooperating with the authority in the planning, development, undertaking, construction, extension, improvement or operation of airports, heliports and air navigation facilities and other facilities, any county, municipality or other political subdivi…

Each authority shall be governed by a board of directors of three or more members, selected as provided herein. If the sole authorizing subdivision is a county, the governing body of said county shall elect all members, the number of such members to be set out in the certificate …

No civil action shall be brought or maintained against the authority or any director thereof for or on account of the negligence of such authority or director or its or his agents, servants or employees in or about the construction, maintenance, operation, superintendence or mana…

Generally; Form, Denominations, Terms, Etc. The authority shall have the power and is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time to issue and sell its interest-bearing revenue bonds for any of its corporate purposes. The principal of and the interest on all such bonds sh…

Proceedings to Challenge Proceedings for Issuance of Bonds, Etc. Upon the adoption by the board of any resolution providing for the issuance of bonds, the authority may, in its discretion, cause to be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper that is customar…

All bonds shall be signed by the chairman or vice-chairman and the secretary or treasurer of the authority and the seal of the authority shall be affixed thereto; provided, that a facsimile of the signature of one, but not both, of the officers whose signatures will appear on the…

In the discretion of the authority, any bonds may be issued under and secured by an indenture between the authority and a trustee. Said trustee may be a private person or corporation, including, but not limited to, any trust company or bank having trust powers, whether such bank …

The proceeds derived from the sale of any bonds, other than refunding bonds, may be used only to pay the cost of acquiring, constructing, improving, enlarging and equipping the airport, facilities or property with respect to which they were issued, as may be specified in the proc…

The authority may at any time and from time to time issue refunding bonds for the purpose of refunding or providing funds to pay the principal of and the interest on any bonds of the authority theretofore issued under this article and then outstanding, whether or not such princip…

The governing body of any county or municipality within this state is authorized, in its discretion, to invest in bonds of the authority any idle or surplus money held in its treasury. History: (Acts 1977, No. 331, p. 433, §18.)

Companies, Etc. Bonds issued under the provisions of this article are hereby made legal investments for executors, administrators, trustees and other fiduciaries, unless otherwise directed by the court having jurisdiction of the fiduciary relation or by the document that is the s…

Concessionaires, Tenants, Etc., of Authority Subject to State and Local Taxation; Exemption from Payment of Deed Recording Fees and Roll-Back Taxes. The bonds issued by the authority and the income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation in the state. All property and income …

The officers of the authority shall consist of a chairman, a vice-chairman, a secretary, a treasurer and such other officers as the board shall deem necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the authority was organized. The chairman, vice-chairman and secretary of the author…

Zoning Powers. Authorities organized pursuant to this article shall be exempt from the laws relating to the advertising and award of construction contracts and purchase contracts made by or in behalf of the state and its departments and public bodies and shall be exempt from all …

At any time when no bonds of the authority are outstanding, the authority may be dissolved upon the filing with the judge of probate in the county in which is filed the certificate of incorporation of an application for dissolution, which shall be subscribed by each of the member…

This article shall provide an alternate and additional procedure for incorporating airport authorities and governing such authorities when incorporated. The provisions of this article are cumulative and shall not be deemed to repeal existing laws, except to the extent such laws a…

No action or suit shall be brought or maintained against the authority, or any director thereof, for or on account of the negligence of such authority or director or its or his agents, servants or employees, in or about the construction, maintenance, operation, superintendence or…

Concessionaires, Tenants, Etc., Subject to State and Local Taxation. The bonds issued by the authority and the income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation in the state. All property and income of the authority shall be exempt from all state, county, municipal and other loc…

Any incorporated city or town in this state may borrow money to the extent of its constitutional debt limit for the purpose of providing funds to enable or assist any airport authority incorporated as a public corporation with the consent and approval of such city or town to acqu…

Etc., Prohibited. No county, city or town may require the payment of any tax or privilege license by any person, firm or corporation for the reasonable use of the public streets, roads or highways therein leading to or from any airport, heliport or aircraft landing area owned or …

When used in this chapter, unless the context plainly indicates otherwise, the present tense shall include the future tense and the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) AIRCRAFT. Any contrivance now known or hereaf…

Lights on Hazards. Any municipality of this state which has established and is operating a municipal airport shall have the power and authority to condemn, or acquire by purchase or gift, the right to abate or remove any structure, building, tower, pole, wire, tree, woods or othe…

Each municipality in this state shall have full and continuing power and authority, within the limits of the constitution now or hereafter in effect, to issue and sell bonds for the purpose of extending, enlarging and improving its airport or airports or an airport in which it is…

Two or more municipalities may jointly acquire real property by condemnation, purchase or gift, for airport purposes, and may jointly establish, construct, equip, maintain and operate an airport thereon for the joint benefit of such municipalities. The governing body of each part…

(a) When any city, town or other municipal corporation in this state is or may hereafter be the owner of any airport or landing field for the use of airplanes and other aircraft and the board of aldermen or other governing body of such city, town or municipal corporation deems it…

The council or other governing body of each municipality of this state shall have power to enact ordinances, not inconsistent with the laws of this state, designed to safeguard the public upon or beyond the limits of private airports or landing fields within such municipality or …

Each municipality which is now, or which hereafter may be, engaged in the operation of a municipal airport, whether within or without, or partly within and partly without the geographical limits of such municipality, shall have the same police powers over such airport or landing …

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as a limitation upon any power, right or authority which any municipality of this state may have over any subject mentioned in this chapter by virtue of any other law of this state, the powers, rights and authority conferred by this chap…

Each municipality of this state is hereby authorized to acquire, establish, construct, expand, own, control, equip, improve, maintain, operate and regulate airports or landing fields for the use of airplanes and other aircraft, either within or without the geographical limits the…

Each such municipality shall have power and authority to establish, construct, equip, improve, maintain, operate and regulate airports or landing fields in and upon any public parks or other property now or hereafter owned by such municipality, whether acquired by condemnation or…

The construction, maintenance and operation of municipal airports is hereby declared a public governmental function, and no action or suit shall be brought or maintained against any municipality for or on account of the negligence of such municipality or of its officers, agents, …

Whenever, in the judgment of the council or other governing body of any municipality of this state, it shall appear necessary or expedient for such municipality to acquire privately owned lands for airport uses, either within or without the geographical limits thereof, such munic…

In the event any municipality shall resort to condemnation proceedings for the acquisition of lands for airport uses, such proceedings shall be governed in all respects by the laws of this state applicable to the condemnation by such municipality of lands for other public purpose…

Powers to Other Bodies or Officers. When any municipality has acquired or set apart land for use as a municipal airport, the council or other governing body of such municipality shall have the power and authority to develop the same into a municipal airport and to improve, equip,…

Any municipality which has established, or which shall hereafter establish, a municipal airport shall have authority to furnish or supply upon said airport, to persons and aircraft thereon, for reward or compensation, goods, commodities, area, facilities and services convenient o…

Priority and Enforcement of Liens. Each municipality which is operating a municipal airport shall have a lien upon any civil aircraft for the reasonable price of supplies, space, facilities or services furnished by such municipality upon said airport to such aircraft or the opera…

This chapter shall apply to each county in the State of Alabama and have for its purpose the authorization of the sale and issuance of interest-bearing warrants and certificates of indebtedness for the purpose of acquiring and providing county airports. History: (Acts 1955, No. 3…

Proceeds of Sale. Each county shall have the power from time to time to sell and issue interest- bearing warrants of such county or interest-bearing certificates of indebtedness of such county for the purpose of paying the cost of acquiring and providing county airports, includin…

The governing body of the county issuing any such warrants or certificates may, in its discretion, pledge and use, or cause to be used, for the payment of the principal of and interest on such warrants and certificates, so much as may be necessary for said payment of any privileg…

Each such county may in like manner from time to time issue refunding warrants and certificates, either by sale or by exchange, for the purpose of refunding a like or greater principal amount of warrants and certificates then outstanding, which were issued under the provisions of…

Hereunder. Insofar as the provisions of this chapter may be inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, the provisions of this chapter shall control, it being hereby specifically declared that the provisions of Section 11-8-10 shall not be applicable to the warrants and ce…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Airport Zoning Act.” History: (Acts 1953, No. 730, p. 985, §14.)

Official Actions of Agency. (a) All airport zoning regulations adopted under this chapter shall provide for an administrative agency to have and exercise the following powers: (1) To hear and decide any special exceptions to the terms of the airport zoning regulations upon which …

(a) Any person aggrieved by any decision of an administrative agency made in its administration of airport zoning regulations adopted under this chapter or any governing body of a political subdivision which is of the opinion that a decision of such an administrative agency is an…

Etc. In case any building or structure is erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, repaired, converted or maintained, or any building, structure or land is used in violation of this chapter or of any ordinance or other regulation made under authority conferred hereby, the pr…