11-85-52
Section 11-85-52 Formation of regional planning and development commissions. (a) Generally.
At any time subsequent to the designation of a state planning and development district pursuant
to Section 11-85-51, governmental units within the district acting through their governing
bodies by ordinance or resolution may adopt a written agreement for the formation of a regional
planning and development commission and may petition the Governor to certify such a commission
for a region located entirely within a state planning and development district and consisting
of at least three contiguous counties and containing a population of at least 100,000. Governmental
units so petitioning must represent at least a majority of the population within the proposed
region. No county shall be divided in forming a region. The Governor may, after consultation
with the governing bodies of the governmental units involved, amend petitions to include additional
counties to assure that the objectives of this...
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11-88-6
Section 11-88-6 Board of directors. (a) 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.
(b) The board shall consist initially of three directors, elected, as soon as may be practicable
after the organization of the authority, by the governing body of the determining county for
staggered terms as follows: The first term of one director shall begin immediately upon the
director's election and shall end at noon on March 1 of the next succeeding odd-numbered calendar
year following the election; the first term of another director shall begin immediately upon
his or her election and shall end at noon on March 1 of the second succeeding odd-numbered
calendar year following the election; and the first term of the remaining director shall begin
immediately upon his or her election and shall end at noon on March 1 of the third succeeding
odd-numbered calendar year following the election....
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11-90-1
Section 11-90-1 Powers of counties and municipalities as to establishment and maintenance of
free public libraries generally. The county commissions of the counties of this state and
municipalities, through their governing bodies, may establish and maintain or aid in establishing
and maintaining free public libraries for the use of the citizens of the respective counties
or municipalities, either separately or in connection with public schools, and to that end
may accept gifts, donations, and bequests of land, buildings or money therefor and may make
appropriations from the county or municipal treasury in support thereof in such sums as they
may deem proper. (Acts 1920, Ex. Sess., No. 93, p. 146; Code 1923, §1545; Acts 1939, No.
198, p. 350; Code 1940, T. 55, §285.)...
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31-2-129
Section 31-2-129 Counties or municipalities may appropriate funds for military purposes for
local National Guard and Naval Militia units. The county commission in each county and the
city council, city commissioners, or other governing body of a municipality are hereby authorized
and empowered, at their discretion, to appropriate such sums of money as they may deem wise
and advisable, not otherwise appropriated, to pay the necessary organization and maintenance
expenses, and appropriate moneys for the purpose of furnishing, by rental or purchase, armories,
office furniture, and equipment, and lockers, training areas, target ranges, sheds for military
vehicles, hangars for airplanes, motor vehicles and military equipment of every character,
including flying fields and similar utilities, for the military purposes of each unit of the
National Guard and Naval Militia located in their respective counties and municipalities,
to be accounted for to the Governor by the organization receiving...
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45-1-20
Section 45-1-20 Licensing and regulation; violations. (a) Each local government entity within
Autauga County, whether it be a municipality or the county commission, shall have the right
and authority to suspend or revoke any license issued for the sale of alcoholic beverages
which the local governmental entity approved for issuances to any hotel, restaurant, or club
for any reason which the local governmental entity may deem sufficient and proper. This power
to suspend or revoke such license shall be subject to the review of the State of Alabama Alcoholic
Beverage Control Board. (b) Each local governmental entity in Autauga County, whether it be
a municipal governing body or the county commission, may promulgate and implement rules and
regulations for controlling the liquor traffic within the jurisdiction of the local governmental
entity, by allowing or prohibiting nudity, topless dancing, or any other type of similar live
entertainment on the premises of a business which serves or...
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45-14-150
Section 45-14-150 Nonprofit organizations to hold raffles, cake walks, and turkey shoots. The
holding of raffles, cake walks, turkey shoots, and other similar contests of skill, except
bingo, for charitable purposes by nonprofit organizations in Clay County shall be legal, subject
to the provisions of any resolution or ordinances by the Clay County Commission or the governing
bodies of the respective cities and towns, within their respective jurisdictions. The commission
and governing bodies shall have the authority to promulgate rules and regulations for the
operation of raffles, cake walks, turkey shoots, and similar contests, except bingo, within
their respective jurisdictions. Provided, however, no proceeds from such activities shall
be payable to any officer or employee of the organization conducting the activity. (Act 90-122,
p. 141, §1.)...
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45-42-162.03
Section 45-42-162.03 Procedures for establishment of metropolitan-government. Establishment
of the metropolitan-government shall be initiated by a referendum which shall be participated
in by Limestone County, the City of Athens, and such other local governments wholly within
Limestone County as by resolution of the governing body agree to participate as an entity.
The procedure shall be conducted as follows: (1) Each governing body shall be authorized to
adopt a resolution expressing intent to participate in the referendum. The referendum shall
decide two questions: a. the adoption establishing a metropolitan-government countywide and
b. the approval for disincorporation of the City of Athens and the disincorporation of such
other local governments as agree to participate as an entity. The metropolitan-government
shall be established by approval of a majority (one more than 50 percent) of the total votes
cast countywide and by approval of a majority (one more than 50 percent) of the...
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45-5-141
Section 45-5-141 Fire districts; rules and regulations; boundaries. (a) In Blount County the
county commission shall have the power and authority to establish rules and regulations governing
the establishment, operation, and control of fire districts on matters not specifically covered
by local or general law. (b) The Blount County Commission shall have the authority to establish
fire district lines and boundaries within the county. (c) All rules and regulations promulgated
under authority of this section by the Blount County Commission shall be in consultation with
the Blount County Fire Protection Association: However, if there is a conflict between the
county commission and the Blount County Fire Protection Association as to the establishment
or promulgation of a rule or regulation, the decision of the Blount County Commission shall
be final. (Act 88-835, p. 303, §§1-3.)...
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11-32-5
Section 11-32-5 Certificate of incorporation - Amendment. (a) The certificate of incorporation
of any authority incorporated under or governed by this chapter may be amended in the manner
provided in this section. The board shall first adopt a resolution proposing an amendment
to the certificate of incorporation which shall be set forth in full in the resolution and
which amendment may include any matters which might have been included in the original certificate
of incorporation. (b) After the adoption by the board of a resolution proposing an amendment
to the certificate of incorporation of the authority, the chair of the board or executive
director of the authority and the secretary of the authority shall sign and file a written
application in the name of and on behalf of the authority, under its seal, with the governing
body of the authorizing county and with the governing body of the principal municipality,
requesting each governing body to adopt a resolution approving the...
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11-49A-5
Section 11-49A-5 Certificate of incorporation - Filing; contents; signing and acknowledging;
additional documents; notice to Secretary of State. Within 40 days following the adoption
of an authorizing resolution by the governing body the applicants shall proceed to incorporate
an authority by filing for record in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which
the municipality is located, a certificate of incorporation which shall comply in form and
substance with the requirements of this section and which shall be in the form and executed
in the manner herein provided. The certificate of incorporation of the authority shall state:
(1) The names of the persons forming the authority, and that each of them is a duly qualified
elector of the authorizing municipality; (2) The name of the authority (which shall be "_____
Transit Authority", with the insertion of the name of the authorizing municipality);
(3) The period for the duration of the authority (if the duration is to be...
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