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24-1-6
Section 24-1-6 Establishment of rentals and tenant selection in low rent housing projects.
(a) It is declared to be the policy of this state that each housing authority shall manage
and operate its low rent housing projects in an efficient manner so as to enable it to fix
the rentals for dwelling accommodations at the lowest possible rates consistent with its providing
decent, safe, and sanitary dwelling accommodations for persons of low income, and that no
housing authority shall construct or operate any such project for profit, or as a source of
revenue of the city or town. To this end a housing authority shall fix the rentals for such
dwellings in its low rent housing projects at no higher rates than it shall find to be necessary
in order to produce revenues which, together with all other available moneys, revenues, income,
and receipts of such authority from whatever sources derived, including federal financial
assistance necessary to maintain the low rent character of the...
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24-1-61
Section 24-1-61 Definitions. The following terms, wherever used or referred to in this article
shall have the following respective meaning, unless a different meaning clearly appears from
the context: (1) AUTHORITY or HOUSING AUTHORITY. A public body organized as a body corporate
and politic in accordance with the provisions of this article for the purposes, with the powers
and subject to the restrictions set forth in this article. (2) COUNTY. All of the county except
that portion which lies within the territorial boundaries of any city or incorporated town.
(3) COUNTY COMMISSION. The governing body of any county. (4) HOUSING COMMISSIONER. One of
the members of an authority appointed in accordance with the provisions of this article. (5)
GOVERNMENT. Such term shall include the state and federal governments and any subdivision,
agency, or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of either of them. (6) STATE. The State
of Alabama. (7) FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. Such term shall include the...
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24-1-66
Section 24-1-66 Powers and duties of authority generally. (a) An authority shall constitute
a public body and a body corporate and politic exercising public powers, and having all the
powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of
this article, including the following powers in addition to others granted in this article:
(1) To investigate into living, dwelling, and housing conditions and into the means and methods
of improving such conditions; (2) To determine where unsafe or unsanitary dwelling, public
school, or housing conditions exist; (3) To study and make recommendations concerning the
plan of the county in relation to the problem of clearing, replanning, and reconstruction
of areas in which unsafe or unsanitary dwelling, public school, or housing conditions exist,
and the provision of dwelling accommodations for persons of low income, and to cooperate with
the county or any regional planning agency; (4) To prepare, carry out, and...
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31-9-2
Section 31-9-2 Findings and declarations of necessity; purpose of article and public policy.
(a) Because of the existing and increasing possibility of the occurrence of disasters or emergencies
of unprecedented size and destructiveness resulting from enemy attack, sabotage, or other
hostile action, or from fire, flood, earthquake, or other natural causes, and in order to
insure that preparations of this state will be adequate to deal with such disasters or emergencies,
and generally to provide for the common defense and to protect the public peace, health, and
safety, and to preserve the lives and property of the people of the state, it is hereby found
and declared to be necessary: (1) To create a State Emergency Management Agency, and to authorize
the creation of local organizations for emergency management in the political subdivisions
of the state. (2) To confer upon the Governor and upon the governing bodies of the political
subdivisions of the state the emergency powers provided...
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18-4-14
Section 18-4-14 Procedure for acquiring real property. Whenever real property is acquired by
a state agency in connection with any programs or projects, the acquisition shall be conducted,
to the greatest extent practicable, in accordance with the following: (1) An agency shall
make every reasonable effort to acquire, expeditiously, real property by negotiation. (2)
Real property shall be appraised before the initiation of negotiations, and the owner or his
or her designated representative shall be given an opportunity to accompany the appraiser
during his or her inspection of the property. (3) Before the initiation of negotiations for
real property, the state agency concerned shall establish an amount which it believes to be
just compensation for the property and shall make a prompt offer to acquire the property for
the full amount established. In no event shall the amount be less than the approved appraisal
of the fair market value of the property by the agency. Any decrease or...
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45-37-245.01
Section 45-37-245.01 Levy of tax for promotion of Jefferson County as convention, sporting,
and visitors' destination. (a) This section shall apply to Jefferson County. (b) In addition
to all other taxes imposed by law, there is hereby levied a privilege or license tax, in the
amount hereinafter prescribed against every person, organization, or other entity engaging
in the county in the business of renting or furnishing any room or rooms, lodging, or accommodations,
in any hotel, motel, inn, tourist court, or any other place in which rooms, lodgings, or accommodations
are regularly furnished for a consideration. The amount of the taxes levied by this section
shall be equal to one percent of the charge for such rooms, lodgings, or accommodations. The
taxes levied by this section shall become effective on September 1, 1995. (c) All amounts
collected within the County of Jefferson pursuant to this section shall be allocated to the
Greater Birmingham Convention and Visitors Bureau,...
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24-2-2
Section 24-2-2 Powers of housing authorities or municipalities - Acquisition and redevelopment
of blighted property; limitations on eminent domain; definitions. (a) Any housing authority
now or hereafter established pursuant to this title, or any incorporated city or town may
carry out any work or undertaking, hereafter called a "redevelopment project": (1)
To acquire blighted property as defined in subsection (c). (2) To acquire other real property
for the purpose of removing, preventing, or reducing blight, blighting factors, or the causes
of blight, but this authority to acquire such other property shall not be construed to grant
the power of eminent domain to acquire property that is not blighted without the consent of
the owner. (3) To clear any areas acquired and install, construct, or reconstruct streets,
utilities, and site improvements essential to the preparation of sites for uses in accordance
with the redevelopment plan. (4) To sell or lease land so acquired for uses in...
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35-9A-141
Section 35-9A-141 Definitions. Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent articles
of this chapter which apply to specific articles or divisions thereof, and unless the context
otherwise requires, in this chapter: (1) "action" includes recoupment, counterclaim,
set-off, suit in equity, and any other proceeding in which rights are determined, including
an action for possession; (2) "building and housing codes" include any law, ordinance,
or governmental regulation concerning fitness for habitation, or the construction, maintenance,
operation, occupancy, use, or appearance of any premises or dwelling unit; (3) "day"
means calendar day, notwithstanding Rule 6 of the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure; however,
in any case where the application of a time period in this chapter consisting of a specific
number of days results in the last day of that time period falling on a weekend or an official
holiday, then the last day of that time period shall be considered the next...
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4-3-47
Section 4-3-47 Powers of authority generally. 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
in perpetuity) specified in its certificate of incorporation; (2) To sue and be sued in its
own name in civil actions, excepting actions in tort against the authority; (3) To adopt and
make use of a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure; (4) To adopt and alter bylaws
for the regulation and conduct of its affairs and business; (5) To acquire, receive, take
and hold, whether by purchase, option to purchase, gift, lease, devise or otherwise, property
of every description, whether real, personal or mixed, whether in one or more counties and
whether within or without the corporate limits of any authorizing subdivision, and to manage
said property and to develop any property and to sell, exchange, lease or...
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32-6-31
Section 32-6-31 Terms of compact. The Driver License Compact is hereby enacted into law and
entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in the form substantially
as follows: Driver License Compact Article I Findings and Declaration of Policy (a) The party
states find that: (1) The safety of their streets and highways is materially affected by the
degree of compliance with state and local ordinances relating to the operation of motor vehicles.
(2) Violation of such a law or ordinance is evidence that the violator engages in conduct
which is likely to endanger the safety of persons and property. (3) The continuance in force
of a license to drive is predicated upon compliance with laws and ordinances relating to the
operation of motor vehicles, in whichever jurisdiction the vehicle is operated. (b) It is
the policy of each of the party states to: (1) Promote compliance with the laws, ordinances
and administrative rules and regulations relating to the operation of...
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