Title 11

(a) Each authority shall have a board of directors composed of the number of directors provided in the certificate of incorporation, as most recently amended. Unless provided to the contrary in its certificate of incorporation, all powers of the authority shall be exercised, and …

(a) In addition to all other powers at any time conferred on it by law, and subject to any express provisions of its certificate of incorporation to the contrary, an authority shall have the following lawful powers, together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to disc…

At any time when an 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 of a certified copy of the resolution in the office…

Neither this article nor anything contained in this article shall be construed as a limitation or restriction upon any power which a municipality might otherwise have under the laws of the State of Alabama and this article shall be construed as cumulative of such powers. (Acts 19…

Bonds of an authority may be executed and delivered by it at any time, shall be in the form and denominations and of the tenor and maturity or maturities not exceeding 30 years from their date, shall bear the rate or rates of interest, which may be fixed or which may float or var…

(a) An authority may at any time and from time to time sell and issue its refunding bonds for the purpose of refunding the principal of and interest on any then outstanding bonds of the authority, whether or not the bonds shall have matured or be redeemable at the option of the a…

All bonds of an authority shall be signed in the name and behalf of the authority by its chair or vice-chair, and the seal of the authority shall be affixed thereto and attested by its secretary or an assistant secretary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, facsimiles of the signature…

(a) Any bonds issued by an authority shall be revenue bonds and shall be payable solely out of the revenues of the authority as may be designated in the proceedings of the board under which the bonds are authorized to be issued. (b) As security for payment of the principal of and…

(a) The principal proceeds derived from any borrowing made by an authority shall be used solely for the purpose or purposes for which the borrowing was authorized. If any bonds are issued for the purpose of financing costs of acquiring, constructing, improving, enlarging, and equ…

(a) For the purpose of attaining the objectives of this article, any county, municipality, or other political subdivision, or public corporation, agency, or instrumentality of the state, a county, or municipality, may, upon such terms and with or without consideration, as it may …

Bonds issued by an authority shall be construed to be negotiable instruments although payable solely from a specified or limited source. (Acts 1996, No. 96-320, p. 361, §9.)

The property and income of an authority, all bonds issued by an authority, the interest on the bonds, conveyances by or to an authority, and leases, deeds, or indentures by or to an authority shall be exempt from all taxation in the state. All tangible personal property sold by a…

Each authority shall be exempt from the laws of the state governing usury or prescribing or limiting interest rates, including, without limitation, the provisions of Chapter 8 of Title 8. (Acts 1996, No. 96-320, p. 361, §11.)

An authority and all contracts made by it shall comply with the laws of the state requiring competitive bids for any contract to be entered into by municipalities or public corporations including, without limitation, the provisions of Article 3 of Chapter 16 of Title 41. (Acts 19…

The bonds of an authority shall be legal investments in which the state and its agencies and instrumentalities, all counties, municipalities, and other political subdivisions of the state and public corporations organized under the laws thereof, all insurance companies and associ…

An 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 t…

Upon the adoption by the board of an authority of any resolution providing for the issuance of bonds, the authority shall cause a notice respecting the issuance of the bonds to be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in each county in which shall be located any project…

Neither an authority nor a participating subdivision in an authority shall have the power of eminent domain for a project under this article. (Acts 1996, No. 96-320, p. 361, §16.)

Revenue obligations issued by any public authority pursuant to this article shall not create an obligation or debt of the State of Alabama, and no state funds shall be used to retire the principal and interest of any indebtedness issued pursuant to this article. (Acts 1996, No. 9…

The Alabama Administrative Procedure Act shall apply to rules adopted by authorities created pursuant to this article. (Acts 1996, No. 96-320, p. 361, §18.)

The State Ethics Act shall apply to members of authorities created pursuant to this article. (Acts 1996, No. 96-320, p. 361, §19.)

The provisions of this article are cumulative and shall not be deemed to repeal existing laws. (Acts 1996, No. 96-320, p. 361, §20.)

The provisions of this article shall be liberally construed to effect its purpose. (Acts 1996, No. 96-320, p. 361, §21.)

When used in this article, unless the context plainly indicates otherwise, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings ascribed to them: (1) THE CITY. A city subject to this article. (2) GOVERNING BODY. The body in which the general legislative power of the ci…

Any city in this state having a population of 34,000 or more according to the last federal decennial or any subsequent federal census is hereby authorized: (1) To plan, establish, develop, acquire, construct, enlarge, improve, maintain, equip, operate, regulate, and protect parki…

This article shall apply to each city of the State of Alabama having a population of 34,000 or more according to the last or any subsequent federal decennial census and to no other city. (Acts 1977, No. 300, p. 401, §1.)

The provisions of this article are cumulative and shall not be deemed to repeal existing laws, except to the extent such laws are clearly inconsistent with the provisions of this article. (Acts 1977, No. 300, p. 401, §4.)

When used in this article, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings: (1) BEACH. A sandy shoreline area abutting to the Gulf of Mexico, characterized by low relief, generally of gentle slope, and some vegetation, extending into the abutting waters to a dista…

(a) Any coastal municipality may do any of the following: (1) Plan, establish, develop, construct, enlarge, improve, maintain, regulate, and protect beach projects, including, without limitation, joint beach projects with one or more other coastal municipalities. (2) Finance the …

A coastal municipality may not begin construction of a beach project until each of the following requirements have been satisfied: (1) The governing body of the coastal municipality, after a public hearing held on not less than 30 days’ public notice, has identified the following…

This article may be referred to and designated as “The Municipal Public Improvement Act.” (Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753, §2.)

Before the passage of the final resolution or ordinance to make any improvement on any street, avenue, alley, or sidewalk, the cost of which or any part thereof is to be assessed to the abutting property, if the grade of such street, avenue, alley, or sidewalk has not been establ…

(a) If the council shall finally order the making of the proposed improvement or improvements, notice shall be given asking for bids for such work, which notice shall describe in a general way the character and approximate quantities of such work and the types of materials, inclu…

All work done or improvements made under the provisions of this article shall be done under the supervision of the city or town engineer or other superintendent appointed for that purpose by the council of such city or town; provided, that the city or town engineer or other super…

In case of any controversy or dispute, the council shall be invested with sole and exclusive power to determine whether any improvement constructed under the provision of this article has been completed in accordance with the terms of the contract therefor and to accept or reject…

(a) If any such improvement is finally ordered and constructed, the council shall have power and authority, after the completion and acceptance thereof, to assess the cost of constructing said improvements or any part thereof upon or against the property abutting on any street, a…

Any and every city or town shall have the power to assess for the cost of street improvements and sewers any lot or lots, parcel or parcels of land purchased by the State of Alabama at any sale for the nonpayment of taxes, and where any such assessment is made against such lot or…

(a) When the improvement consists of a sanitary or storm water sewer or sewers or a sanitary or storm water sewer system, including sewage treatment or sewage disposal plants, the cost of any part thereof may be assessed in fair proportion against the frontage of the property dra…

(a) If a landowner, whose property has not previously been assessed a fee for the public improvement of sanitary sewers or the sanitary sewer system, requests to be connected to the existing sanitary sewer after the term of a public improvement ordinance relating to that improvem…

Where the intersections of streets, avenues, alleys, or other highways are improved, the cost of improving any intersection or any part thereof may be assessed against the lots or parcels of land abutting on each of the streets, avenues, alleys, or other highways so intersecting …

In the case of sidewalk improvements, including curbing and guttering, the costs or any part thereof of the improvement of the street or avenue corner may be assessed against the lots abutting on or nearest said improvement, and the entire cost or any part thereof of the sidewalk…

If there is a street, electric, or other railroad track or tracks on any street or highway improved or reimproved under this article, the cost of such improvement, except storm water and sanitary sewers, between the tracks and the rails of the tracks and, in case there are two or…

When used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) COUNCIL. The council, mayor and aldermen, or other governing body. (2) MUNICIPALITY. Any city or town now or hereafter c…

When any improvement made under the provisions of this article is completed, the mayor or other chief executive officer shall cause to be prepared a roll or list showing the names of the property owners and opposite each name a description of each lot or parcel of land proposed t…

Such list shall be entered in a well-bound book or loose-leaf book firmly bound, prepared for that purpose, and shall contain appropriate columns in which payments may be credited and the lien of the assessment satisfied by the proper officers of the municipality. Said book shall…

After the completion of the proper entries of each improvement, said book shall be delivered to the city or town clerk, who shall thereupon give notice by publication one time in some newspaper published in said municipality or of general circulation therein that said assessment …