Title 11

(a) A limited purpose agency qualifying for funds from the community services administration block grant is a community-based and -operated program which: (1) Was designated as an eligible entity to receive funds from the community services block grant program under Public Law 97…

(a) A community action program is a community-based and -operated program which: (1) Includes or is designated to include a sufficient number of projects of components to provide, in sum, a range of services and activities having a measurable and potentially major impact on cause…

Any community action agency, whether public or private which has been designated as such at the time of passage of this chapter and which has received funding as an “eligible entity” under Section 673(1) of the Community Services Block Grant Act shall maintain such designation an…

It is hereby declared that a lack of sanitary, safe, and affordable dwelling accommodations for persons of moderate and low income and shelters, halfway houses and emergency housing for persons who would otherwise be homeless exists in various municipalities and rural areas of th…

For purposes of this chapter, a low or moderate income person or family shall mean those persons or families with incomes that do not exceed the level of 100 percent of the median income for the applicable area, as provided for under existing regulations promulgated by the United…

The council or other governing body of any municipality, or governing body of a county in furtherance of the legislative purpose stated above, is empowered to take the following actions and to the extent necessary or desirable in its judgment to expend its moneys to accomplish su…

Any two or more municipalities or counties may join or cooperate with one another or with an unincorporated area in the exercise, either jointly or otherwise, of any or all of their powers for the financing, planning, undertaking, owning, constructing, operating, contracting, or …

Except as may be otherwise expressly provided, all powers and authorities conferred shall be cumulative and supplemental and not in derogation of any powers and authorities otherwise existing. (Acts 1991, No. 91-675, p. 1315, §5.)

All construction authorized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be performed by a licensed contractor as provided in Chapter 8 of Title 34. All construction authorized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to the state competitive bid laws as pr…

It is hereby found and declared as follows: (1) That the health, safety, and welfare of the people of this state require the provision of certain utility services, including water and sewer services; (2) That it is necessary for the Legislature to provide additional methods by wh…

(a) Bonds issued by any corporation may, as its board may deem advisable, be either general obligations of such corporation or limited obligations payable only out of certain specified revenues or assets of such corporation; provided, that any corporation may enter into contracts…

All moneys derived from the sale of any bonds issued by a corporation shall be used solely for the purpose or purposes for which the same are authorized; provided, however, that if for any reason any part of such proceeds shall not be necessary for such purposes, then such unexpe…

(a) Any bonds issued or assumed by a corporation may from time to time be refunded by the issuance, by sale or exchange, of refunding bonds payable from the same or different sources for the purpose of paying all or any part of the principal of the bonds to be refunded, any redem…

(a) This chapter is intended to aid the state through the furtherance of the purposes of the chapter by providing appropriate and independent instrumentalities with full and adequate powers to fulfill their functions. Except as expressly provided in this chapter, no proceeding, n…

Each corporation organized under the provisions of this chapter is hereby granted the power of eminent domain and may exercise such power in the manner provided by law for the purpose of obtaining real property for any facility or part thereof. (Acts 1984, No. 84-314, p. 695, §14…

(a) For the purpose of attaining the objectives of this chapter, any county, municipality, or other political subdivision, public corporation, agency or instrumentality of the state, a county or municipality may, upon such terms and with or without consideration, as it may determ…

(a) Any county or municipality, or any instrumentality of either thereof, if authorized by resolution or ordinance of its governing body, may enter into one or more utility services agreements with a provider or providers pursuant to which such provider or providers shall provide…

(a) No utility services agreement or related agreements in connection with the acquisition, construction, equipment, or operation of any facilities may be entered into by any governmental user pursuant to the provisions of this chapter unless the entering into of such utility ser…

(a) Every corporation shall exercise its powers in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state, for their well being, and for the improvement of their health, welfare, and social condition, and the exemptions from taxation hereinafter described are hereby granted in o…

Any corporation and all contracts made by it shall be exempt from the laws of the State of Alabama governing usury or prescribing or limiting interest rates, including, but without limitation to, the provisions of Chapter 8 of Title 8. Further, any payment payable directly or ind…

The following words and phrases used in this chapter, and others evidently intended as the equivalent thereof, shall, in the absence of a clear implication herein otherwise, be given the following respective interpretations herein: (1) APPLICANT. A natural person who files a writ…

Any corporation and all contracts made by it shall be exempt from the laws of the state requiring competitive bids for any contract to be entered into by counties, municipalities, public corporations, or other instrumentalities authorized by them, including, but without limitatio…

Every corporation shall be a nonprofit public corporation and no part of its net earnings remaining after payment of its expenses shall inure to the benefit of any private person, except that in the event a board shall determine that sufficient provision has been made for the ful…

The bonds of any corporation shall be legal investments in which the state and its agencies and instrumentalities, all counties, municipalities, and other political subdivisions of the state and public corporations organized under the laws thereof, all insurance companies and ass…

At any time when any corporation has no bonds or other obligations outstanding and when there shall be no other obligations assumed by such corporation that are then outstanding, the board of such corporation may adopt a resolution, which shall be duly entered upon its minutes, d…

The formation or dissolution of one or more corporations incorporated under the provisions of this chapter shall not prevent the subsequent incorporation hereunder of other corporations pursuant to authorization by the same determining subdivision. (Acts 1984, No. 84-314, p. 695,…

(a) Upon the adoption by the board of any corporation of any resolution providing for the issuance of bonds, such corporation may, in the discretion of its board, cause a notice respecting the issuance of such bonds to be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in each co…

The provisions of this chapter are cumulative and shall not be deemed to repeal existing laws, except to the extent such laws are clearly inconsistent with provisions of this chapter. (Acts 1984, No. 84-314, p. 695, §26.)

This chapter shall be construed liberally to effect its purposes and neither this chapter nor anything herein contained is or shall be construed as a restriction or limitation upon any powers which any corporation might otherwise have under any laws of the state, and the provisio…

A public corporation may be organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter in any county or municipality. In order to incorporate such a public corporation, any number of natural persons, not less than three, who are duly qualified electors of the determining county or the …

(a) Within 40 days following the adoption of an authorizing resolution the applicants shall proceed to incorporate a corporation by filing for record in the office of the judge of probate of the county or one of the counties in which the determining subdivision is located a certi…

The certificate of incorporation of any corporation 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 inc…

(a) Each corporation shall be governed by a board of directors. All powers of the corporation shall be exercised by the board or pursuant to its authorization. The board shall consist of three directors who shall be elected by the governing body of the determining subdivision for…

The officers of a corporation shall consist of a chairman, a vice-chairman, a secretary, a 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 vic…

(a) Every corporation shall have all of the powers necessary and convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this chapter, including (without limiting the generality of the foregoing) the following powers: (1) To have succession in its corporate name for…

(a) Any corporation shall have the power to issue, sell and deliver at any time and from time to time its bonds in such principal amount or amounts as its board shall determine to be necessary to provide sufficient funds for achieving any of its corporate purposes, including the …

(a) As used in this chapter, the following words and terms have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) AUTOMATIC NUMBER IDENTIFICATION. An enhanced 911 service capability that enables the automatic display of the 10-digit telephone number used…

(a) The telephone number 911 is restricted to emergency calls that may result in dispatch of the appropriate response for: fire suppression and rescue, emergency medical services or ambulances, hazardous material, disaster, or major emergency occurrences, and law enforcement acti…

(a) The enhanced 911 system shall be designed to have the capability of utilizing at least one of the following methods in response to emergency calls: (1) Direct dispatch method, which is a service to a centralized dispatch center providing for the dispatch of an appropriate eme…

(a) An emergency communications district may not release the audio recording of a 911 telephone call or the name of a victim except pursuant to a court order finding that the right of the public to the release of the recording outweighs the privacy interests of the individual who…

On a biennial basis, if not more frequently, the 911 Board shall retain an independent, third-party auditor for the purposes of receiving, maintaining, and verifying the accuracy of any and all information, including all proprietary information, that is required to be collected, …

(a) The Permanent Oversight Commission on 911 is established. The commission shall do the following: (1) Study the operational and financial condition of the current 911 systems within the State of Alabama and publish a report detailing the same. (2) Study the rate charged for 91…

The 911 Board shall be subject to the Alabama Sunset Law, Chapter 20, Title 41, as an enumerated agency as provided in Section 41-20-3, and shall have a termination date of October 1, 2016, and every four years thereafter, unless continued pursuant to the Alabama Sunset Law. (Act…

The 911 Board shall reimburse the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts to the extent of any unused funds retained for administrative expenses under this section or Section 11-98-5.2(b) for the amount of actual costs incurred in carrying out the requirements placed upon the …

On or after July 1, 2022, an individual performing the duties of a public safety telecommunicator, as defined in Section 11-98-1, and employed by a primary PSAP receiving 911 calls, shall be certified under rules established by the Statewide 911 Board. Individuals hired on or aft…

The creating authority may by ordinance or resolution, as may be appropriate, create within its respective jurisdiction districts composed of the territory lying wholly within the municipality or of any part or all of the territory lying wholly within the county. The districts sh…