Title 11

Any downtown redevelopment authority established under Acts 1982, No. 303, Acts 1984, No. 395, Acts 1984, No. 415, Acts 1985, No. 185, or any other authority organized under any act of this state prior to May 29, 1985, for the purpose of revitalizing or redeveloping the central b…

Any downtown redevelopment authority established under this chapter prior to August 1, 2004, for the purpose of revitalizing or redeveloping the central business district of any city or town in Alabama may continue in existence under this chapter as it appeared prior to August 1,…

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

An authority may be organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. 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 …

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 the county wherein the city is located a certificate of incorporation which shall comply in…

The certificate of incorporation of the authority incorporated under the provisions of this chapter 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 incor…

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 any number of directors, not less than three, who shall be elected by the governing body of the city …

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 11-54A-20, sp…

Wherever used in this chapter, unless a different meaning clearly appears in the context, the following terms shall be given the following respective meanings: (1) MUNICIPALITY. Any incorporated city or town in the State of Alabama. (2) PROJECT. Any land and any building or other…

(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…

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

Neither this chapter nor anything contained in this chapter 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 chapter shall not be construed as r…

Any city or town in this state (1) May acquire (by construction, purchase or otherwise), improve and equip land, buildings and other facilities for use by the United States Postal Service; (2) May lease any such land, buildings or facilities to the United States Postal Service on…

In addition to any other powers which it may now have, any municipality in this state may hereafter acquire, whether by purchase, construction, or gift, a project, as defined in Section 11-55-1, located within the corporate limits, may lease such project to the United States gove…

All bonds issued by a municipality under authority of this chapter 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 chapter 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 from the sale of any bonds issued under authority of this chapter shall be applied only for the purpose for which the bonds were issued; provided, however, that any accrued interest and premium received in any such sale shall be applied to the payment of the prin…

Any bonds issued under this chapter 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 chapter. (Acts 1955, No. 491, p. 1107, §12.)

Bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be legal investments for savings banks and insurance companies organized under the laws of this state. (Acts 1955, No. 491, p. 1107, §9.)

A municipality may pay out of its general funds or otherwise contribute any part of the costs of acquiring a project and may use land already owned by the municipality, or in which the municipality has an equity for construction thereon of a project, and the municipality may acce…

The following words and phrases, whenever used in this chapter, shall, in the absence of clear implication otherwise, have the following respective meanings: (1) CORPORATION OR THE CORPORATION. A corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. (2) BOARD. The boa…

The corporation is authorized at any time and from time to time to issue its interest-bearing revenue bonds for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, improving, enlarging, completing and equipping one or more projects. The principal of and the interest on any such bonds shall b…

(a) Upon the adoption by the board of any resolution providing for the issuance of bonds, the corporation may, in its discretion, cause to be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in the municipality or, if there is no newspaper published in the…

All bonds shall be signed by the chairman or vice-chairman of the corporation, and the seal of the corporation shall be affixed thereto and attested by its secretary. Coupons shall be signed by the chairman or vice-chairman of the corporation, but a facsimile of the signature of …

(a) The principal of and the interest on the bonds shall be secured by a pledge of the revenues out of which the bonds shall be made payable and by a pledge of the lease agreement covering the project from which revenues so pledged shall be derived and of the rental therefrom and…

(a) The proceeds derived from the sale of any bonds (other than refunding bonds) may be used only to pay the cost of acquiring, constructing, improving, enlarging and equipping the project with respect to which they were issued as may be specified in the proceedings in which the …

If there shall be any default in the payment of the principal of or interest on any bonds issued under this chapter, then the holder of any of the bonds and of any of the interest coupons applicable thereto and the trustee under any indenture, or any one or more of them, may by c…

The corporation may at any time and from time to time issue refunding bonds for the purpose of refunding the principal of and interest on any bonds of the corporation theretofore issued under this chapter and then outstanding, whether or not such principal and interest shall have…

The governing body is authorized in its discretion to invest in bonds of the corporation any idle or surplus money held in the treasury of the municipality which is not otherwise earmarked or pledged. (Acts 1955, No. 493, p. 1116, §17.)

Bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter are hereby made legal investments for executors, administrators, trustees and other fiduciaries and for savings banks and insurance companies organized under the laws of the state. (Acts 1955, No. 493, p. 1116, §18.)

The municipality is hereby authorized to convey to the corporation, with or without the payment of monetary consideration therefor, any property that may be owned by the municipality, whether or not such property is necessary for the conduct of the governmental or other public fu…

(a) It is the intention of the Legislature by the passage of this chapter to empower each incorporated city and town in the state to authorize the incorporation of one or more corporations as political subdivisions of the state for the purpose of providing buildings and facilitie…

(a) At any time when the corporation does not have any bonds outstanding, the board may adopt a resolution which shall be duly entered upon its minutes declaring that the corporation shall be dissolved. Upon the filing for record of a certified copy of said resolution in the offi…

Each project and the income from all leases made with respect thereto, the bonds issued by the corporation and the income therefrom and all lease agreements and indentures made pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be exempt from all taxation in the state. (Acts 1955, …

This chapter shall not be construed as a restriction or limitation upon any power, right, or remedy which any municipality or any corporation now in existence or hereafter formed may have in the absence thereof and shall be construed as cumulative and independent thereof. (Acts 1…

Whenever any number of natural persons, not less than three, shall file with the governing body an application in writing for authority to incorporate a corporation under the provisions of this chapter, if it shall be made to appear to the governing body that each of the said per…

(a) The certificate of incorporation of the corporation shall state: (1) The names of the persons forming the corporation, together with the residence of each thereof, and a statement that each of them is a duly qualified elector of and property owner in the municipality; (2) The…

The certificate of incorporation shall be signed and acknowledged by the incorporators before an officer authorized by the laws of the state to take acknowledgments of deeds and shall have attached thereto a certified copy of the resolution provided for in Section 11-56-4 and a c…

The corporation shall have a board of directors composed of the number of directors provided in the certificate of incorporation. All powers of the corporation shall be exercised by the board or pursuant to its authorization. The directors shall be residents of the municipality a…

The officers of the corporation shall consist of a chairman, vice-chairman, a secretary, a treasurer, and such other officers as the board shall deem necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the corporation was organized. The offices of secretary and treasurer may, but need…

The corporation 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 until dissolved as provided in this chapter; (2) To sue and be sued and to prosecute …

(a) The corporation and any local subdivision are hereby respectively authorized to enter into with each other one or more lease agreements whereunder a project or any part thereof shall be leased by the corporation to such local subdivision for a term not longer than the then cu…

The following words and phrases, whenever used in this chapter, shall have the following respective meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) AUTHORITY. A corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. (2) BOARD. The board of directors of th…

The authority and the municipality are hereby respectively authorized to enter into one or more lease agreements with each other whereunder one or more projects or any part thereof shall be leased by the authority to the municipality. No such lease agreement shall be for a term l…