Title 16 — Title 16

Conflicting Laws. The provisions of Sections 16-60-38 and 16-60-39 are supplemental, and this chapter shall be liberally construed to the end that Sections 16-60-20 through 16- 60-37, 16-60-80 through 16-60-96 and 16-60-110 through 16-60-112 shall each have a field of operation a…

The school established at Huntsville, Alabama, known as and called J. F. Drake State Technical College is and shall remain a body corporate under the corporate name of J. F. Drake State Community and Technical College, and by that name may have and exercise all powers previously …

The Governor, the State Superintendent of Education, the member of the State Senate representing the senatorial district of which Jackson County is a part and the member of the State Senate representing the senatorial district of which DeKalb County is a part, the members of the …

Meetings; Terms of Members; Compensation and Expenses. The Governor shall be ex officio chairman of the board, and he shall call a meeting of such board within 60 days after September 15, 1961. At this meeting the board shall organize itself, make provisions for the preparation a…

The junior college hereby authorized shall be established and ready for operation not later than September 1, 1963. The board of trustees, with the advice and consent of the State Superintendent of Education, shall decide exactly where in the above named counties the college shal…

When a location for the college has been determined and the board has chosen a name for the college, the board of trustees shall file in the office of the Secretary of State a certificate stating the name and location of the college and the names of persons currently serving as m…

The board of trustees is hereby invested with full and ample authority to receive and accept for the use and benefit of the college all gifts, donations, devises and bequests of any and all money and real and personal property necessary and useful in carrying into effect the obje…

The board of trustees shall have full, ample and sufficient power and authority to make, adopt and enforce all rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the laws of this state, which may be necessary for the management, control and conduct of the college and the business conne…

of Public School Funds. The governing bodies of the Counties of Jackson and DeKalb, and of each municipality in such counties, are hereby authorized to appropriate funds in their respective treasuries, not otherwise appropriated, to be used for the acquisition of land and the con…

The college shall offer to all eligible students in attendance a program of general education consisting of courses parallel to those of the first and second years of work at a state institution of higher learning offering a four-year course. The college shall also offer and admi…

The junior college established pursuant to this article shall be under the direct control of the board of trustees hereby established and shall be under the immediate supervision and direction of a president, appointed by the board of trustees for a term to be fixed by the board.…

The president, with the advice and consent of the board of trustees, shall appoint and fix the compensation for all professors, instructors and other necessary teachers and officers. The president, professors and instructors shall compose the faculty of the college. History: (Act…

(a) The school heretofore established within the postsecondary system as the H. Councill Trenholm State Technical College is hereby named and shall be known as the H. Councill Trenholm State Community College and shall succeed to all the rights, privileges, emoluments, benefits, …

The board of trustees of the college shall elect a secretary for the school who shall hold office for the term prescribed by the board and shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by the trustees and shall perform such services as may be required of him. History: (Acts 196…

The board of trustees shall also elect a treasurer for the college who shall not be a trustee. The treasurer shall receive, hold and pay out all moneys belonging to the college, or that may be paid in for the necessary expenses of any student in the college, or for the use and be…

Whenever the funds in the hands of the treasurer or funds about to be received by him are in danger of being lost, the board of trustees or the president may remove the treasurer from office and take from him all funds and choses in action belonging to the college or any student …

The secretary, the treasurer and all other officers, agents or servants of the college who are required to keep, use or dispose of any property of the college shall keep accounts of transactions relative thereto in books to be furnished them by the board of trustees, which shall …

A matriculation fee may be collected from all students enrolled in the college, and the amount of such fee shall be determined by the board of trustees. The proceeds of the fee shall be expended under the direction of such board. A reasonable fee for the use of the library and la…

Teachers and Employees from Jury Duty and Town Licenses. The property of the college, of every kind and description, shall forever be exempt from all taxes, municipal, county or state and from all local assessments. The president, other officers, professors, teachers and employee…

The faculty, with the approval of the board of trustees, may grant and confer diplomas or certificates upon such students as may be entitled thereto under the rules adopted by the board of trustees governing the subject. History: (Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 151, p. 2095, §17.)

It shall be the duty of the board of trustees to make or cause to be made an annual report to the State Board of Education, to the boards of education and county commissions of Jackson and DeKalb Counties, to the governing bodies of each municipality within said counties and to t…

This article may be cited as the Alabama Trade School and Junior College Authority Act. History: (Acts 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 93, p. 259, §18.)

For the purpose of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them by this section: (1) AUTHORITY. The Alabama Trade School and Junior College Authority organized under the provisions of this article. (2) BONDS. The bonds issued u…

The Legislature hereby makes the following findings of fact and declares its intent to be as follows: The number of students enrolled in trade schools and colleges supported wholly or in part by the state has increased greatly during recent years. Further increases in enrollment …

The Governor, the Director of Finance and the State Superintendent of Education may become a public corporation with the powers hereinafter provided by proceeding according to the provisions of Section 16-60-84. History: (Acts 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 93, p. 259, §3.)

To become a corporation, the Governor, the Director of Finance and the State Superintendent of Education shall present to the Secretary of State of Alabama an application signed by them which shall set forth: (1) The name, official designation and official residence of each of th…

When the application has been made, filed and recorded as provided in Section 16- 60-84, the applicants shall constitute a corporation under the name proposed in the application, and the Secretary of State shall make and issue to the applicants a certificate of incorporation unde…

The applicants named in the application and their respective successors in office shall constitute the members of the authority. The Governor shall be the president of the authority, the State Superintendent of Education shall be the vice-president thereof, and the Director of Fi…

The authority shall have the following powers: (1) To have succession by its corporate name until dissolved as hereinafter provided; (2) To sue and be sued and to prosecute and defend in any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parties thereto; (3) To have a…

Be Donated. The location of each new trade school or junior college for which the authority provides funds shall be determined by the State Board of Education after consideration of the needs of industry for particular skills in the area under consideration, the convenience and a…

Colleges; Competitive Bidding; Approval of Plans. All contracts entered into by the authority involving the expenditure of funds in the preparation of plans and specifications, and all work done with respect to the construction of buildings involving the expenditure of funds of t…

The authority may from time to time sell and issue its bonds, not exceeding $15,000,000.00 in aggregate principal amount, for the purpose of providing funds for the construction and equipment of trade schools and junior colleges, including the improvement of sites therefor, the c…

Security; Bonds Legal Investments. The bonds of the authority shall be signed by its president and attested by its secretary and the seal of the authority shall be affixed thereto, and any interest coupons applicable to such bonds shall be signed by the president; provided, that …

The authority may from time to time issue refunding bonds for the purpose of refunding any matured or unmatured bonds of the authority then outstanding. Any premium that may be necessary to redeem or retire the bonds to be refunded and all expenses of issuing the refunding bonds …

The proceeds of all bonds, other than refunding bonds, issued by the authority remaining after paying expenses of their issuance shall be deposited in the State Treasury and shall be carried in the State Treasury in a special or separate account. Such funds shall be subject to be…

For the purpose of providing funds to enable the authority to pay at their respective maturities the principal of and interest on all bonds issued by it under the provisions of this article, and to accomplish the objects of its creation, there is hereby irrevocably pledged to suc…

Out of the revenues appropriated and pledged in Section 16-60-94, the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds issued by the authority under the provisions of this article, as such principal and interest shall respectivel…

At any time when no bonds of the authority are outstanding, the authority may be dissolved upon the filing with the Secretary of State of an application for dissolution, which shall be subscribed by each of the members of the authority and sworn to by each member before an office…

The Legislature recognizes that the following public universities in Alabama which grant baccalaureate degrees and are independently accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools - the University of Alabama in Huntsville, the University of Alabama in Birmingham, …

The provisions of this chapter shall apply to any future appropriations made by the Legislature for the Eminent Scholars Program. History: (Acts 1985, No. 85-759, p. 1265, §10.)

There is hereby established the Alabama Trust Fund for Eminent Scholars to provide challenge grants to the public state universities in Alabama named in Section 16-61-1. The trust fund shall be administered by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education in accordance with the guid…

The associated foundations that serve the respective universities shall solicit and receive contributions, from sources other than state appropriations, student fees, federal funds, research grants and any interest earned thereon, to provide funds to match the Alabama Trust Fund …

Such challenge grants shall be matched by the university’s foundation on a basis of $3.00 of contributions and accrued interest thereon, received by said university’s foundation for every $2.00 in challenge grant money from the Alabama Trust Fund for Eminent Scholars. Matching fu…

Unmatched Funds. Each public state university named in Section 16-61-1 is entitled to match an equal share of the total moneys appropriated to the Alabama Eminent Scholars Trust Fund prior to September 30, 1987, or for two years after any subsequent appropriation made by the Legi…

Amount of Grants Received; Annual Report. The foundation serving a university shall have the responsibility for the maintenance and investment of its fund and for the administration of the program at that university. The governing board of each foundation shall be responsible for…

When the sum of the challenge grant and matching funds reaches $1,000,000.00 the foundation and the president of the university may recommend, to the board of trustees of the university for its approval, the establishment of an endowed chair. The board of trustees must approve th…

Endowment Proceeds. (a) The president shall be responsible for the final approval of criteria to be used in the selection process for the individual to fill the endowed chair. (b) The president of the university shall nominate individuals for consideration as candidates, or indiv…

The respective university foundation receiving a challenge grant from the Alabama Trust Fund for Eminent Scholars shall enter into a written agreement with its university to provide from the earnings from its Eminent Scholars Trust Fund an amount not to exceed said earnings which…

Repealed by Act 2008-276, p. 434, §1, effective January 1, 2009. History: (Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-899, p. 187, §1; Act 2002-515, p. 1327, §1.)

Repealed by Act 2008-276, p. 434, §1, effective January 1, 2009. History: (Acts 1993, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93-899, p. 187, §2; Act 2002-515, p. 1327, §1.)