11-44B-6
Section 11-44B-6 Meetings; quorum; majority vote requirements; procedure for adoption of ordinances and resolutions; approval or veto of mayor; record of proceedings; power of council as to city employees; all powers of city vested in council. (a) The council shall hold regular public meetings at least once a week at some regular hour to be fixed by the council. The council may hold such adjourned, called, or other meetings as may be necessary or convenient. (b) All council meetings shall comply with the applicable law concerning open or public meetings. (c) A majority of the elected membership of the council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any and every power conferred upon the council. For the purposes of determining a quorum, the mayor shall not be counted. (d) The affirmative vote of a majority of the council members present, and the mayor in the event of a tie, as provided by this article, shall be sufficient for the passage of any resolution, bylaw, or ordinance,...
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40-12-270
Section 40-12-270 Disbursement of net proceeds from license taxes and registration fees; Secondary Road Committee created. (a) The moneys collected each month by the judge of probate from motor vehicle license taxes and registration fees, after deducting therefrom the amounts referred to in subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection (a) of Section 40-12-269, the moneys remaining after making the said deductions being referred to in this section as "the net proceeds," shall be disbursed by the judge of probate as follows: (1) That portion of the net proceeds that consists of additional amounts paid under the schedule of additional amounts set forth in subsection (b) of Section 40-12-248 shall be remitted by the judge of probate to the State Treasurer who shall distribute said amounts as follows: a. 64.75 percent of said amounts shall be distributed by the State Treasurer to the State of Alabama; b. 35.25 percent of said amounts shall be apportioned and distributed by the State Treasurer...
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41-10-356
Section 41-10-356 Powers of authority. The authority shall have the following powers among others specified in this article: (1) To have succession by its corporate name until dissolved as provided in this article; (2) To sue and be sued and to prosecute and defend, at law or in equity, in any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parties thereto; (3) To have and to use a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure; (4) To make and alter all needful bylaws, rules and regulations for the transaction of the authority's business and the control of its property and affairs; (5) To provide for the acquisition, construction, installation, equipping, operation and maintenance of mental health facilities, including the equipping and improvement of existing mental health facilities; (6) To receive, take and hold by sale, gift, lease, devise or otherwise, real and personal property of every description, and to manage the same; (7) To acquire by purchase, gift, or any...
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41-10-456
Section 41-10-456 Powers of authority. The authority shall have the following powers among others specified in this article: (1) to have succession by its corporate name until dissolved as provided in this article; (2) to sue and be sued and to prosecute and defend, at law or in equity, in any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parties thereto; (3) to have and to use a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure; (4) to make and alter all needful bylaws, rules and regulations for the transaction of the authority's business and the control of its property and affairs; (5) to establish a fiscal year; (6) to provide for the construction, renovation, reconstruction, improvement, alteration, addition, demolition, equipment, operation and maintenance of public office building facilities (including the State Capitol), surfacing and resurfacing of land for parking and other uses to produce revenue and for the procurement of sites and equipment for such facilities;...
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41-23-21
Section 41-23-21 Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the meaning hereinafter ascribed to them, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) COUNCIL. The Enterprise Zone Advisory Council. (2) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs. (3) GOVERNING AUTHORITY. The governing body of a county or municipality. (4) ENTERPRISE ZONE. A geographic area which is economically depressed, in need of expansion of business and industry and the creation of jobs and designated to be eligible for the benefits of this article, and is a target by governments for development by providing tax and nontax incentives to private enterprise. Effective October 1, 2016, the definition of an Enterprise Zone shall mean any Alabama county that is described by Section 40-18-376.1(a). Notwithstanding any other law or agreement to the contrary, any eligible business having received an approved application from the department prior to October 1,...
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11-43A-24
Section 11-43A-24 Regular public meetings of council; adjourned, called, special, or other meetings; quorum; when vote of majority of quorum sufficient; when vote of majority of council required; procedure; record of proceedings; journal; unanimous consent for passage of certain ordinances at meeting where introduced; publication of ordinances. The council shall hold regular public meetings as may be prescribed by its own rules, provided that a regular hour and day shall be fixed by the order of said council and publicly announced. It may hold such adjourned, called, or special or other meetings as the business of the municipality may require. The mayor when present, and in his absence the assistant mayor, shall preside at all meetings of said council. A majority of the whole qualified membership of the council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any and every power conferred upon said council. The affirmative vote of a majority of the quorum shall be necessary and...
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11-45-8
Section 11-45-8 Publication and recordation of ordinances; when ordinances take effect; adoption of certain technical codes by reference. (a) All ordinances shall as soon as practicable after their passage be recorded in a book kept for that purpose and be authenticated by the signature of the clerk. (b)(1) All ordinances of a general or permanent nature, except as provided in subdivision (2) and in subsection (d) of this section, shall be published in some newspaper of general circulation published in the municipality, but if no such newspaper is published in the municipality such ordinances may be published by posting a copy of the ordinance in three public places within the municipality, one of which shall be at the mayor's office in the city or town. In the event there is no newspaper published in the municipality and there is a newspaper published in the county in which the municipality is located having general circulation in the municipality, at the option of the governing body...
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11-47-170
Section 11-47-170 Acquisition of lands, easements, etc., by municipality; limitations on condemnation. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), whenever in the judgment of the council, commission, or other governing body of a city or town it may be necessary or expedient for the carrying out and full exercise of any power granted by the applicable provisions of this title or any other applicable provision of law, the town or city shall have full power and authority to acquire by purchase the necessary lands or rights, easements, or interests therein, thereunder, or thereover or, for the purposes for which private property may be acquired by condemnation, may proceed to condemn the same in the manner provided by this article, or by the general laws of this state governing the taking of lands or the acquiring of interests therein for the uses for which private property may be taken, and such proceedings shall be governed in every respect by the general laws of this state...
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11-50-265
Section 11-50-265 Transfer of gas plant or system to waterworks board; sale or transfer of plant or system by board to utility regulated by state Public Service Commission. (a) Every city or town now or hereafter owning and operating a municipal gas plant or distribution system and in which municipality a waterworks board is now or hereafter incorporated under the provisions of Division 1 of this article is hereby authorized to transfer and convey such gas plant or system or both to such waterworks board pursuant to the provisions of an ordinance theretofore duly enacted by the governing body of such city or town and without the necessity of authorization at an election of the qualified voters thereof; provided, that if at the time of such transfer the city or town has outstanding any bonds or other obligations payable from or secured by the revenues or earnings of such gas plant or system, it shall be incumbent upon the waterworks board of such city or town to pay the amount thereof...
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11-54-140
Section 11-54-140 Definitions. Wherever used in this article, unless a different meaning clearly appears in the context, the following terms, whether used in the singular or plural, shall be given the following respective interpretations: (1) MUNICIPALITY. Either, as the case may be, any Class 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8 incorporated city in this state. (2) PROJECT. Any land and any building or other improvement thereon, and all real and personal properties deemed necessary in connection therewith, whether or not now in existence, which shall be suitable for use by any commercial enterprise in furnishing hotel, excluding specifically public dormitories or student housing facilities for institutions of higher learning, including food or lodging or both, and the rental of ground floor space or other accommodations to others engaged in any business, trade, profession, occupation, or activity. (3) GOVERNING BODY. The board or body in which the legislative powers of the municipality are...
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