Title 11 — Title 11

All funds received by the authority pursuant to this chapter, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds, bond anticipation notes or notes or as revenues, fees, tolls, or other charges, or as gifts, grants, or other contributions, shall be deemed to be trust funds to be held and …

Any action to protect or enforce any rights under the provisions of this chapter shall be brought in the circuit court of Montgomery County, Alabama, which shall have exclusive original jurisdiction of all such actions. History: (Acts 1981, No. 81-681, p. 1114, §24.)

The authority shall be subject to the provisions of Title 37 to the extent set out herein. The public service commission shall review all bond resolutions, power sales contracts and other agreements entered into by the authority and and municipality and any investor-owned utility…

Contract with Holders of Bonds, Notes, Etc. The provisions of any bond resolution, trust agreement or indenture authorized in this chapter shall be a contract with every holder of the bonds, bond anticipation notes or notes; and the duties of the authority under this chapter and …

When all bonds, bond anticipation notes and notes issued by the authority under the provisions of this chapter shall have been paid in full or otherwise satisfied, or when its obligations cease under every contract described in this chapter, whichever is later, the then chairman …

The authority shall not be governed by the provisions of Chapter 20 of Title 41 (originally enacted as Act No. 512 of the 1976 Regular Session of the Legislature of Alabama). History: (Acts 1981, No. 81-681, p. 1114, §28.)

No contract made by or on behalf of the authority, and no contract made by a municipality pursuant to Section 11-50A-17, shall be governed by the provisions of Title 41, Chapter 16, as amended. History: (Acts 1981, No. 81-681, p. 1114, §29.)

The purpose of the authority shall be to acquire, construct, operate, and maintain or cause to be acquired, constructed, operated, and maintained projects, and to take all other necessary or desirable action, in order to provide or make available an adequate, dependable, and econ…

This chapter, being for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes hereof. History: (Acts 1981, No. 81-681, p. 1114, §30.)

Any pledge or security interest created or granted by the authority shall be valid and binding from the time when the same is made; moneys or property which are the subject of such pledge or security interest and then held or thereafter received by the authority shall immediately…

The provisions of this chapter shall be regarded as supplementary and additional to and cumulative of powers conferred by other laws and shall not be regarded as being in derogation of any powers now existing. History: (Acts 1981, No. 81-681, p. 1114, §32.)

In the event any portion of this chapter should be declared invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of any of the remaining portions of this chapter, which shall continue effective; provided, however, that if Section 11-50A-7 …

(a) To become a public corporation, the individuals designated as the first members of the election committee described in Section 11-50A-6(b)(1) shall, immediately before the first meeting of the election committee provided in Section 11-50A-6, present to the Secretary of State …

Paid. When the application has been made, filed, and recorded as herein provided, the applicants shall constitute a public corporation under the name proposed in the application, and the Secretary of State shall make and issue to the applicants a certificate of incorporation purs…

Expenses; Recordkeeping; Audits. (a) The board of directors of the authority shall be elected by the duly designated representatives of the municipalities that are authorized and directed to designate a member of the election committee as provided in this section. Until the first…

All bonds, bond anticipation notes, and notes issued by the authority, the interest thereon, and the income therefrom shall be forever exempt from all taxation in the state. All income of the authority, all obligations, lease agreements, and mortgages of the authority, all convey…

In addition to other powers granted the authority by this chapter, it shall have all powers consistent with the purposes of the authority as set forth in Section 11-50A- 3, which are necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this chapter, …

Bond Resolution Covenants. (a) The authority shall, prior to the adoption by the board of a resolution authorizing the issuance of any bonds, enter into one or more contracts with two or more municipalities which are authorized to contract with the authority pursuant to Section 1…

It is hereby declared to be the public policy of this state to encourage the development of advanced telecommunications capabilities, cable, interactive computer, and Internet facilities and services to better serve the public and further industrial economic development in this s…

In addition to all other power, rights, privileges, and authority heretofore granted by law, in the exercise of the authority and power granted hereunder, public providers may exercise all powers of eminent domain now or hereafter conferred on municipalities in this state. Notwit…

No action taken pursuant to this chapter shall create or authorize the incurrence of a debt by any municipality within the meaning of any state constitutional provisions or statutory limitation on debts. History: (Act 2000-614, p. 1235, §11.)

This chapter shall be regarded as supplementary and additional to and cumulative of powers conferred by other laws and shall not be regarded as being in derogation of any powers now existing, including without limitation, powers previously conferred upon specific public providers…

As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITY. Without regard to any transmission media or technology, high-speed, switched, broadband telecommunications capability that enables users to originate and re…

Municipal Governing Bodies. In addition to all other power, rights, and authority heretofore granted by law, public providers may acquire, establish, purchase, construct, maintain, enlarge, extend, lease, improve, and operate cable systems, telecommunications equipment and teleco…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, so long as a municipality has by virtue of the provisions of any franchise, jurisdiction, authority, or a right, to approve or disapprove the subscriber rates, fees, or charges of private providers of cable service furnishing c…

Every public provider furnishing cable service or telecommunications service in the exercise of authority granted under the provisions of this chapter shall maintain books and records of its operations reflecting all costs, including direct costs and indirect costs, of providing …

A public provider furnishing cable service to subscribers in the exercise of authority granted under this chapter in areas provided cable service by private cable providers who, by virtue of the provisions of the private cable providers’ franchises or otherwise, are required or u…

Subsequent to August 1, 2000, each public provider that commences offering to the public cable service in the exercise of authority granted it hereunder shall reserve and make available for the use of the public school system in the municipality in the case of a municipality, or …

Procedure. (a) Actions of the governing body of a public provider relating to the provision of cable service or telecommunications service by the public provider, shall be taken in meetings open to the public consistent with any one or more of Sections 11-43- 49, 11-43A-21, 11-44…

(a) In order to provide funds for payment of the costs of the acquisition, establishment, purchase, construction, maintenance, enlargement, extension, lease, or improvement of cable systems, telecommunications equipment, and telecommunications systems, public providers, within th…

Hearing Upon Objections to Assessments. After October 1 of each year, cities and towns may levy taxes upon property and all subjects of taxation liable therefor at a rate not in excess of the constitutional limit upon assessments to be made by the city or town clerk or other pers…

Cities and towns may provide for a personal demand of taxes due and are authorized to make a charge therefor, not exceeding $.50, to be paid as costs, but such demand shall not be necessary or essential to the validity of proceedings to make collection by law. History: (Code 1907…

The governing body of such city or town may regulate and control the location and use of vending machines on which music is played by licensing the same. History: (Acts 1947, No. 396, p. 291, §2.)

Any city or town shall have the power to regulate and license the use of carts, drays, wagons, coaches, omnibuses, and every description of carriages and vehicles kept for hire and to license and regulate the use of the streets of the town or city by persons who use vehicles or s…

Houses of Amusement or Places for Sale of Firearms, Etc. Any city or town shall have the power to license, tax, regulate, restrain, or prohibit theatrical and other amusements, billiard and pool tables, nine or tenpin alleys, box or ball alleys, shooting galleries, theatres, park…

Where Firearms, Etc., Kept for Sale. The city or town council or other governing body shall have the right and power to revoke and cancel any and all licenses issued to any house of public entertainment or house or place where firearms or other deadly weapons are kept for sale wh…

of Public Parks, Etc. The council shall have power to license and tax, permit and regulate and restrain or prohibit all kinds of amusements and all athletic games and the use of public parks and places of resort within the corporate limits and within the police jurisdiction of th…

It shall be unlawful for any municipality to charge the farmers or others engaged in the production of farm products of whatever nature any license or fee for the sale or other disposition of said articles produced by them at any place. History: (Acts 1915, No. 735, p. 846; Code …

Within three months after taxes have become delinquent, a list shall be made out and certified by the city or town clerk describing each piece of property separately, with the name of the owner, if known, and the amount of taxes due on such property and the amount of taxes due by…

Trial Docket; Issuance, Execution, and Return of Summons Notifying Owners of Institution of Proceedings Against Property Generally. Such lists shall be filed with the register or clerk of the circuit court. The register or clerk shall cause to be entered on the trial docket in su…

No license or privilege tax or other charge for the privilege of doing business shall be imposed by any municipal corporation upon any fire or marine insurance company doing business in such municipality except upon a percentage of each $100.00 of gross premiums, less return prem…

Marine Insurance Companies. (a) No license or privilege tax or other charge for the privilege of doing business shall be imposed by any municipal corporation upon any insurance company, other than fire and marine insurance companies, doing business therein or its agents which sha…

Etc., and Payment of License Tax; Effect of Failure to File Statement or Pay Tax. On or before March 1 of each year, each insurance company which did any business in any municipality in this state during any part of the preceding year shall, if a license or privilege tax is impos…

Municipality Upon Payment or Tender of Tax; Agents Not to Be Subject to Further Privilege or Occupational Taxes. Upon the payment or tender of the amount named in such ordinance of any city or town, any such insurance company which is authorized to do business in this state shall…

(a) The maximum amount of privilege or license tax which the several municipalities within this state may annually assess and collect of persons operating railroads in this state as common carriers for the privilege of doing intrastate business within the limits of such municipal…

The maximum amount of privilege or license tax which the several municipalities within this state may annually assess and collect of persons, firms, or corporations engaged in the business of operating cars for the transportation, accommodation, comfort, convenience, or safety of…

(a) There may be levied and collected by the several towns and cities of the state from any express company or companies for the privileges of doing business within the municipal limits a privilege or license tax to be computed and based on the population of said cities or towns …

(a) There may be levied and collected by the several towns and cities in the state from any telegraph company or companies for the privilege of doing intrastate business within the municipal limits a privilege or license tax to be computed and based on the population of such citi…

(a) The maximum amount of privilege or license tax which the several municipalities within this state may annually assess and collect of persons operating telephone exchanges and long distance telephone lines in this state for the privilege of doing intrastate business within the…

The maximum amount of privilege or license tax which the several municipalities within the state may annually assess and collect of persons operating electric or hydroelectric street railroads, electric light and power companies, gas companies, waterworks companies, pipe line com…