Title 11

The Tree Commission shall cooperate with and coordinate its activities with the Public Works Department, the Department of Parks and Recreation, and other departments of the Class 2 municipality. All departments of the Class 2 municipality shall cooperate with the Tree Commission…

The commission shall take active steps to do each of the following: (1) Educate the public as to the economic and aesthetic benefits of trees to the Class 2 municipality and its citizens, both on publicly owned property and privately owned property. (2) Promote the planting, heal…

(a) The commission may do all of the following: (1) Adopt bylaws and rules and regulations pursuant to this chapter. (2) Meet at least once each month and specially as it deems necessary and as provided in the bylaws. (3) Provide printed forms to be used as shall be necessary to …

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), no person shall cut, remove, trim, or in any way damage any tree in any street right-of-way in the Class 2 municipality or create any condition injurious to any tree without having first made a written application so to do to the commissi…

This chapter shall only apply in Class 2 municipalities. (Act 2017-150, §1.)

The governing body of any Class 2 municipality, by ordinance, may authorize the operation of low-speed vehicles upon the roads and streets of the municipality under limited circumstances and conditions. (Act 2017-150, §2.)

The municipality, by ordinance, may determine the appropriate municipal roads and streets upon which low-speed vehicles may be operated. (Act 2017-150, §3.)

A low-speed vehicle may only be operated on any public roads or streets under the following conditions: (1) The vehicle may not be operated on a public road or street by any person other than a licensed driver. (2) The vehicle may be operated only during the hours between sunrise…

A low-speed vehicle may cross a part of a state highway system only if both of the following conditions are met: (1) The state highway intersects a municipal street that has been designated for use by low-speed vehicles. (2) The state Department of Transportation has reviewed and…

For purposes of this chapter, a low-speed vehicle is defined as a four-wheeled motor vehicle with a top speed not greater than 25 miles per hour, which has a gross vehicle weight rating of less than 3,000 pounds, and is certified as complying with the safety standards of 49 C.F.R…

Any Class 2 municipality may impose appropriate penalties for any violation of this chapter or the local ordinance adopted pursuant to this chapter. (Act 2017-150, §7.)

This chapter shall apply only to a Class 2 municipality. (Act 2021-193, §1.)

For purposes of this chapter, “Africatown Historic District” means all portions of that area designated as the Africatown Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places lying within the corporate limits of a Class 2 municipality. (Act 2021-193, §2.)

(a) There is created the Africatown Redevelopment Corporation. (b) The purpose of the corporation shall be the revitalization of housing, preservation of history, and attraction and development of commerce in the area known as the Africatown Historic District. (c) All corporate p…

The corporation may do the following, with or without public hearing, within the Africatown area: (1) Acquire by purchase, rent, lease agreement, or otherwise, necessary facilities and provide those facilities with necessary equipment, furnishings, landscaping, and related facili…

(a) The state or any political subdivision shall not in any event be liable for the payment of the principal of or interest on any bonds of the corporation or for the performance of any pledge, mortgage, obligation, or agreement of any kind whatsoever which may be undertaken by t…

(a) The municipal council of two or more municipalities, by resolution and with the initial consent of their respective mayors, may establish a regional law enforcement training facility authority for the purpose of constructing, maintaining, and operating a regional law enforcem…

The regional law enforcement training facility authority shall constitute a public body corporate and politic, exercising public and essential governmental functions, and shall have all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes and provisions of this chapter in…

(a) The regional law enforcement training facility authority shall be governed by a board of directors composed of the following: (1) Two members appointed by the municipal council of any municipality having a population of 20,000 or more. One of the members from each municipalit…

(a) After a regional law enforcement training facility is operational, the facility shall give first priority to the training of law enforcement officers for each participating municipality. (b) The superintendent of the facility shall be selected by the members of the board of d…

(a) The regional law enforcement training facility authority is a governmental entity, as defined in Section 11-93-1, and the services the authority performs are declared to be governmental functions. (b) The employees of the authority may participate in the Employees’ Retirement…

For the purpose of attaining the objectives of this chapter, any municipality participating in the regional law enforcement training facility authority, upon agreed terms, and with or without consideration as the authority may determine, may do all of the following: (1) Lend or d…

(a) The property and income of the regional law enforcement training facility authority, all bonds issued by the authority, the income from the bonds, conveyances by or to the authority, and leases, mortgages, and deeds of trust by or to the authority shall be exempt from all sta…

All obligations created or assumed and all bonds issued or assumed by the authority shall be solely and exclusively an obligation of the authority and shall not create an obligation or debt of any municipality nor count against the constitutional debt limit of a participating mun…

At any time when a regional law enforcement training facility authority has no bonds or other obligations outstanding, its board may by affirmative vote of a majority of its members, and with the prior approval of the municipal council of each municipality participating in the au…

(a) Counties and municipal corporations may condemn lands for public building sites or additions thereto, or for enlargements of sites already owned, or for public roads or streets or alleys, or for material for the construction of public roads or streets or for any other public …

(a) As used in this section, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) JUNKYARD. An establishment or place of business which is maintained, operated, or used for storing, keeping, buying, or selling old o…

The authority to bring or settle any lawsuit in which the state has an exclusive interest or right to recover against any firearm or ammunition manufacturer, trade association, or dealer, and the authority to bring or settle any lawsuit on behalf of any governmental unit created …

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any board of education, county commission, or municipal governing body whose currently serving members have been elected by a method of election and a specific number of seats prescribed by a federal court shall retain t…

(a)(1) County commissions may establish a county cemetery rehabilitation authority, hereinafter authority, to designate, register, and maintain neglected cemeteries lying outside any municipal area within the county. (2) When a county commission establishes an authority, it shall…

(a) Upon request, a city or county may install a deaf or blind child area sign to warn drivers in the area that a deaf or blind child resides on a residential road or street. (b) The cost of the sign may be paid by the requesting party, a private individual, or a neighborhood ass…

(a) A county commission or municipal governing body may not adopt or continue in effect any ordinance, rule, or resolution regulating the registration, packaging, labeling, sale, distribution, transportation, storage, or application of fertilizers. The entire subject matter of th…

(a) For purposes of this section, the following words have the following meanings: (1) EMPLOYEE. An individual employed in this state by an employer. (2) EMPLOYER. A person engaging in any activity, enterprise, or business in this state employing one or more employees. (b) A coun…

(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) EMPLOYEE. An individual who is permanently employed by a county or municipality. (2) EMPLOYER. Any county or municipality of the state. (b) An employee who has at least one year of service with…

(a) For purposes of this section, a “battery-charged fence” means a new or existing alarm system and ancillary components or equipment attached to the system that includes a fence and an energizer powered by a commercial storage battery which produces a short electric pulsed char…

(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY. The state or any political subdivision thereof, or any executive or legislative department, unit, agency, board, commission, or authority of the state, or any political…

Any notice required to be posted by a county or a municipality at a county courthouse or other county or municipal building or office, pursuant to this title, shall may instead be posted in both of the following ways, provided that there is also compliance with any other physical…

(a) The incorporated municipalities and counties of this state are hereby empowered to provide relocation assistance to persons displaced by the acquisition of real property by local land acquisition programs and to comply with the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property …

(a) For purposes of this section, “employee” means an employee of a county, municipality, or other local political subdivision of the state, and “public body” means an agency, board, commission, council, or department of the state, a county, a municipality, or other political sub…

(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE MEMBER. An individual that is on active duty as a member of the National Guard or a reserve or active component of the Armed Forces of the United States. (2) ELIGIBLE VETERA…

Municipalities and counties may contract with each other for the ownership or use and occupation of parts of city halls, city jails, county courthouses, and county jails or other public buildings held and owned by such municipalities or counties located within such municipalities…

The counties, cities, and towns in the State of Alabama may appropriate moneys out of their general funds for the maintenance and support of municipal bands and other musical organizations for public entertainment. (Acts 1919, No. 751, p. 1113; Code 1923, §2056; Code 1940, T. 37,…

(a) County and municipal governments in Alabama are hereby authorized to appropriate from the general fund of the county or municipality, or from federal revenue sharing funds of the county or municipality, funds to community action agencies authorized to administer grants and co…

The counties and municipalities of this state are hereby authorized to plan, establish, and furnish recreational, social and cultural facilities, services and programs, including transportation services and programs, especially for senior citizens within the state, and to make th…

Any municipality, county, public corporation, city or county board of education, the State Board of Education, or any other entity organized pursuant to authorization, determination finding or other action by any municipality or municipalities, or county or counties, or the gover…