Title 45

(a) The Board of Registrars of Calhoun County shall meet on the first Monday and for nine consecutive days thereafter, Sundays and legal holidays excepted, in the months of February, March, April, May, June, July, August, and September of each year, and on the first Monday and fo…

(a) Each election official of Calhoun County shall receive the rate of minimum wage for each hour, or fraction thereof, that the polls are open per day for the performance of his or her official duties. The county governing body of Calhoun County shall supplement the compensation…

(a) Whenever the council of the City of Oxford shall pass a resolution to the effect that the public health or public good requires that certain territory (described in the resolution) shall be brought within the limits of the City of Oxford: (1) It shall be the duty of the mayor…

The revitalization and redevelopment of the central business district of the City of Oxford in Calhoun County develops and promotes for the public good and general welfare, trade, commerce, industry, and employment opportunities and promotes the general welfare of the city and st…

The following words and phrases used in this part, and others evidently intended as the equivalent thereof, shall, in the absence of clear implication herein otherwise, be given the following respective interpretations herein: (1) “Applicant” means a natural person who files a wr…

The following provisions shall be applied wherever appropriate herein: “Herein,” “hereby,” “hereunder,” “hereof,” and other equivalent words refer to this part as an entirety and not solely to the particular section or portion thereof in which any such word is used. The definitio…

(a) The authority may be organized pursuant to this part. In order to incorporate such a public corporation, any number of natural persons, not less than three, who are duly qualified electors of the city, shall first file a written application with the governing body of the city…

(a) Within 40 days following the adoption of the authorizing resolution the applicants shall proceed to incorporate the authority by filing for record in the office of the Judge of Probate of Calhoun County a certificate of incorporation which shall comply in form and substance w…

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

Each 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 seven directors who shall be elected by the governing body of the city for staggered terms as hereina…

The officers of the 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 ch…

(a) 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 perpetuity, subject to Section 45-8A-111.19)…

(a) Source of payment. All bonds issued by the authority shall be payable solely out of the revenues and receipts derived from the leasing or sale by the board of its projects or of any thereof as may be designated in the proceedings of the board under which the bonds shall be au…

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, but without limitation to, the use of bond proceeds to establish reserve funds as security for the payment of the p…

(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 all or any part of the principal of the bonds to be refunded, any redemption prem…

(a) Upon the adoption by the board of the authority of any resolution providing for the issuance of bonds, such authority may, in its discretion, cause to be published once a week for two consecutive weeks, in a newspaper published or having a general circulation in the city, a n…

The authority formed under this part, the property and income of the authority (whether used by it or leased to others), all bonds issued by the authority, the income from such bonds or from any other sources, the interest and other profits from such bonds enuring to and received…

The city shall not in any event be liable for the payment of the principal of or interest on any bonds of the authority or for the performance of any pledge, mortgage, obligation, or agreement of any kind whatsoever which may be undertaken by the authority, and none of the bonds …

The authority shall be exempt from the laws of the State of Alabama governing usury or prescribing or limiting interest rates, including, but without limitation to, the provisions of Chapter 8 of Title 8. (Act 85-318, p. 223, §16.)

The authority and all contracts made by it shall be exempt from the laws of the State of Alabama requiring competitive bids for any contract to be entered into by municipalities or public corporations authorized by them, including, but without limitation to, the provisions of Art…

This part is intended to aid the state through the furtherance of the purposes of the part by providing an appropriate and independent instrumentality of the state with full and adequate powers to fulfill its functions. Except as expressly provided in this part, no proceeding, no…

The authority shall be a nonprofit corporation and no part of its net earnings remaining after payment of its expenses shall inure to the benefit of any individual, firm, or corporation, except that in the event a board shall determine that sufficient provision has been made for …

At any time when the authority has no bonds or other obligations outstanding, its board may adopt a resolution, which shall be duly entered upon its minutes, declaring that the authority shall be dissolved. Upon filing for record a certified copy of the resolution in the office o…

The existence of the authority incorporated under the provisions of this part shall prevent the subsequent incorporation hereunder of another authority pursuant to authority granted by this part. (Act 85-318, p. 223, §21.)

The authority is hereby granted the power of eminent domain and may exercise such power for the purpose of obtaining real property or any interest therein for any project it undertakes in the manner provided by law for the exercise of the power of eminent domain by municipalities…

For the purpose of effecting the revitalization and redevelopment of the central business district of the city, any county, municipality, or other political subdivision, public corporation, agency, or instrumentality of this state may, upon such terms and with or without consider…

The provisions of this part are cumulative and shall not be deemed to repeal existing laws, except to the extent such laws are clearly inconsistent with this part. (Act 85-318, p. 223, §24.)

This part shall apply only in the City of Oxford in Calhoun County, Cleburne County, and Talladega County. (Acts 1975, No. 963, p. 1996, §1; Act 2015-336, §1.)

For the purposes of this part, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) APPOINTING AUTHORITY. In the case of the employees in the offices of the elected officers of the city, the elected officers. In the case of all other city employees, the mayor. (2) BOARD. Th…

This part shall apply to all officers and employees in the service of the city, or any board, agency, or instrumentality of the city, except any of the following: (a) Elective officers. (b) Members of appointive boards, commissions, and committees. (c) All employees of the city b…

All employees of the city shall be governed by civil service rules and regulations prescribed in or promulgated pursuant to this part and administered by a civil service board created under Section 45-8A-112.04. Present employees shall remain in their respective employments durin…

(a) The Civil Service Board of the City of Oxford is created. The board shall be composed of five members appointed by the members of the Legislature who represent the City of Oxford or any portion thereof. Appointees shall serve for terms of one year, two years, three years, fou…

Each member of the board and the chair of the board shall be paid two hundred dollars ($200) per month by the City of Oxford. The board may appoint clerical assistance and engage legal counsel of its own choice, except that for the purposes of Section 45-8A-112.13, the appointing…

The board shall fix the times for its regular meetings. The board may hold special meetings, adjourn meetings, or call meetings at any time. A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. All meetings of the board shall be held i…

The board shall keep minutes of its meetings and a record of all business transacted by the board. All records of the board, except those records the rules of the board require to be held confidential for reasons of public policy, shall be open for inspection by any resident of t…

(a) The board shall have power to make rules and regulations governing examinations, eligible rosters, appointments, transfers, salaries, promotions, demotions, annual and sick leave, performance assessments, and any other matters as may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of…

The salary to be paid each subordinate employee and department head shall be determined by his or her appointing authority. In every case the salary paid shall be within the minimum and maximum salary range established by the board. It shall be unlawful for any official or employ…

The board shall make and keep a roster of all persons eligible and available for appointment to each class of positions in the service of the city, ranked according to ability, except that no examination shall be given and no roster kept for positions to be filled by persons desi…

Whenever a vacancy exists in any position in the service of the city, with the exception of common laborers, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment of one of the six persons who ranks highest on the appropriate eligible roster of the board or by transfer within the service of…

Any permanent employee subject to this part may be suspended by his or her department head for any personal misconduct, or fact, affecting or concerning his or her fitness or ability to perform his or her duties in the public interest. In the event an employee is suspended withou…

(a) Any permanent employee subject to this part may be removed, discharged, or demoted by his or her appointing authority, provided that within five days the appointing authority makes a report in writing of the action to the board, giving the reason for the removal, discharge, o…

No employee shall assist any candidate for nomination or election to public office while on duty with the city. No employee shall receive any appointment or advancement because of his or her support of a candidate for office or a political party; nor shall he or she be dismissed,…

The compensation and all other expenses of the board arising under this part shall be paid from funds of the city on the order of the board in the same manner as other city salaries and expenses are paid without the approval of the city governing body. The city governing body sha…

Any person in the service of the city by appointment under civil service rules or regulations who wilfully violates this part, or any rule or regulation issued in pursuance thereof, shall be dismissed from employment with the city and may not be reappointed for two years. (Acts 1…

Any person who violates this part shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. (Acts 1975, No. 963, p. 1996, §18; Act 2015-336, §1.)

Commencing with the next term of office, the office of Mayor of the City of Oxford shall be full-time. (Act 87-655, p. 1160, §1.)