Title 11

Any bonds issued under this article and at any time outstanding may at any time and from time to time be refunded by a municipality by the issuance of its refunding bonds in such amount as the governing body may deem necessary but not exceeding an amount sufficient to refund the …

No notice to or consent or approval by any governmental body or public officer shall be required as a prerequisite to the sale or issuance of any bonds or the making of a mortgage under the authority of this article. (Acts 1951, No. 756, p. 1307, §13.)

Bonds issued under the provisions of this article shall be legal investments for savings banks and insurance companies organized under the laws of this state. (Acts 1951, No. 756, p. 1307, §10.)

No municipality shall have the power to pay out of its general funds or otherwise contribute any part of the costs of acquiring a project and shall not have the power to use land already owned by the municipality or in which the municipality has an equity for construction thereon…

The bonds authorized by this article and the income therefrom, all mortgages executed as security therefor, all lease agreements made pursuant to the provisions of this article, and all projects and the revenue derived from any lease thereof shall be exempt from all taxation in t…

Neither this article nor anything contained in this article shall be construed as a restriction or limitation upon any powers which a municipality might otherwise have under any laws of this state, but shall be construed as cumulative, and this article shall not be construed as r…

(a) The Legislature makes the following findings: (1) That patterns of urban development have had substantial adverse impacts upon downtown and community business districts vital to the economy of the State of Alabama. (2) That the public interest would be advanced by authorizing…

As used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) DISTRICT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION. An entity created by incorporation under the Alabama Nonprofit Corporation Act, Chapter 3 of Title 10A, and designated by ordinance by the incorporated…

A Class 2 municipality, by ordinance, may provide for the creation and maintenance of one or more self-help business improvement districts pursuant to this article. This article is intended as the exclusive procedure by which a Class 2 municipality may create and maintain a self-…

A public hearing on the adoption of an ordinance creating a self-help business improvement district may be called only if the governing body of a Class 2 municipality finds that: (1) A request for the creation of a self-help business improvement district which satisfies the requi…

A request for the creation of a self-help business improvement district shall contain all of the following: (1) The signatures of a representative group of the owners of the nonexempt real property located within the geographical area of the proposed district. The group shall inc…

At least 20 days prior to the date set for a public hearing on the proposed self-help business improvement district plan, notice of the date, time, and place of the hearing, with a description of the geographical area proposed to be included in the district, the proposed ordinanc…

The governing body of the municipality, upon review of the self-help business improvement district plan and after public hearing, may adopt an ordinance to designate, establish, and maintain the area described in the plan as a self-help business improvement district. The ordinanc…

(a) The self-help business improvement district ordinance adopted by the municipality pursuant to Section 11-54B-46 shall provide that all costs of the supplemental services provided in a self-help business improvement district shall be financed through the levy by the municipali…

(a) The self-help business improvement district ordinance adopted by the municipality pursuant to Section 11-54B-46 shall provide that the special assessment levied on the owners of the real property located within the geographical area of the district shall be collected by the d…

(a) The governing body of the municipality may amend an ordinance relating to the self-help business improvement district upon the written request of a representative group of the owners of the nonexempt real property located within the geographical area of the district. The requ…

(a) District management corporations provided for in this article shall be incorporated under the Alabama Nonprofit Corporation Act, Chapter 3 of Title 10A, and shall exercise their powers in a manner consistent with that law. (b) To qualify for designation by ordinance to manage…

(a) The officers of the district management corporation shall submit a detailed annual budget for approval by its board of directors including proposed expenditures and proposed sources of funding, which may include voluntary donations. The budget shall explain how it contributes…

Notwithstanding the improvement of any street or sidewalk incident to a self-help business improvement district, the municipality and its governing body shall retain its police powers and other rights and powers relating to any streets or parts thereof constituting or included in…

No self-help business improvement district or district management corporation shall have the power of eminent domain. (Act 2004-382, p. 626, §14.)

Any movable furniture, structure, facility, or appurtenance or activity located or permitted in connection with a self-help business improvement district shall not, by reason of location or use, be deemed a nuisance or unlawful obstruction or condition, notwithstanding any rule o…

The municipalities, by ordinance, may authorize the district management corporation to contract construction and maintenance work to be done on any street or streets, or on other municipal property included in the self-help business improvement district. The plans and specificati…

This article shall not prohibit a municipality from including a self-help business improvement district within the bounds of any area, district, or zone including any enterprise zone established pursuant to law which has as one of its purposes the encouragement of the constructio…

(a) Within 90 days after the close of each fiscal year, the district management corporation shall make an annual report of its activities for the preceding fiscal year to the governing body of the municipality. (1) Each annual report shall include, at a minimum: a. A financial st…

(a) Within 90 days after the adoption and approval of the fifth annual budget for any self-help business improvement district, the municipality shall set a hearing to determine whether the district should be continued, modified, or terminated. At least 20 days before the hearing,…

Wherever used in this article, unless a different meaning clearly appears in the context, the following terms shall be given the following respective meanings: (1) GOVERNING BODY. The board or body in which the legislative powers of the municipality are vested. (2) MORTGAGE. A mo…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature by the passage of this article to authorize municipalities to provide buildings and other facilities for lease to and use by one or more national organizations in order to induce such organizations to establish or to locate offices in this …

In addition to any other powers which it may now have, each municipality shall have the following powers: (1) To acquire, whether by construction, purchase, gift, or lease, and to equip one or more projects, which shall be located within this state and may be located within or wi…

(a) Prior to the leasing of any project, the governing body must determine and find the following: (1) The amount necessary in each year to pay the principal of and the interest on the bonds proposed to be issued to finance such project; (2) The amount necessary to be paid each y…

All bonds issued by a municipality under authority of this article shall be limited obligations of the municipality, the principal of and interest on which shall be payable solely out of the revenues derived from the leasing of the project to finance which the bonds are issued. B…

The principal of and interest on any bonds issued under the authority of this article shall be secured by a pledge of the revenues out of which such bonds shall be made payable, may be secured by a mortgage covering all or any part of the project from which the revenues so pledge…

(a) The proceeds derived from the sale of any bonds issued under authority of this article, other than refunding bonds, shall be used only to pay the cost of acquiring, constructing, improving, enlarging, equipping and furnishing one or more projects as may be provided in the pro…

Any bonds issued under this article and at any time outstanding may at any time and from time to time be refunded by a municipality by the issuance of its refunding bonds in such amount as the governing body may deem necessary but not exceeding an amount sufficient to refund the …

No notice to or consent or approval by any governmental body or public officer shall be required as a prerequisite to the sale or issuance of any bonds or the making of a mortgage under the authority of this article. (Acts 1973, No. 812, p. 1251, §13.)

Bonds issued under the provisions of this article shall be legal investments for savings banks and insurance companies organized under the laws of this state. (Acts 1973, No. 812, p. 1251, §10.)

No municipality shall have the power to pay out of its general funds or otherwise contribute any part of the costs of acquiring a project and shall not have the power to use land already owned by the municipality or in which the municipality has an equity for construction thereon…

The bonds authorized by this article and the income therefrom, all mortgages executed as security therefor, all lease agreements made pursuant to the provisions of this article, any deeds or other documents whereby properties are acquired by a municipality under authority of this…

Neither this article nor anything contained in this article shall be construed as a restriction or limitation upon any powers which a municipality might otherwise have under any laws of this state, but shall be construed as cumulative, and this article shall not be construed as r…

(a) The Legislature makes the following findings: (1) Patterns of urban development have had substantial adverse impacts upon downtown and community business districts vital to the economy of the State of Alabama. (2) The public interest would be advanced by authorizing the creat…

As used in this article, the following words and phrases have the following meanings: (1) AREA. In the case of a self-help business improvement district formed to promote economic growth, the geographical area or areas comprising the parcels of real property designated to be loca…

A municipality, by ordinance, may provide for the creation and maintenance of one or more self-help business improvement districts pursuant to this article. This article is intended as the exclusive procedure by which a Class 3 municipality may create and maintain a self-help bus…

A public hearing on the adoption of an ordinance creating a self-help business improvement district may be called only if the governing body of a municipality finds all of the following: (1) That a request for the creation of a self-help business improvement district which satisf…

A request for the creation of a self-help business improvement district shall contain all of the following: (1) In the case of a district formed to promote economic growth within the municipality, the signatures of the owners of real property comprising at least 60 percent of the…

(a)(1) At least 20 days prior to the date set for a public hearing on the proposed self-help business improvement district plan, notice of the date, time, and place of the hearing, with a description of the area proposed to be included in the district, the proposed ordinance, and…

(a) The governing body of the municipality, upon review of the self-help business improvement district plan and after public hearing, by ordinance, may designate, establish, and maintain the area described in the plan as a self-help business improvement district. (b) The ordinanc…

(a) The special assessment to be levied in order to fund supplemental services in the self-help business improvement district shall be collected by the district management corporation or the municipal revenue department. (b) The ordinance adopted by the governing body of the muni…