11-47-14.1
Section 11-47-14.1 Construction of port facilities by Class 1 municipalities; bonds and other contributions. (a) Legislative findings. The Legislature of Alabama finds that the Tombigbee Waterway will soon be completed, and the transportation opportunities afforded thereby must be fully utilized if Alabama is to benefit from economic growth and job development potential afforded by this project, and that local governments need broader authorization to participate in the development of river port facilities necessary to accomplish this purpose. (b) Municipalities authorized to construct port facilities; limitations thereon. The council or other governing body of any Class 1 municipality may alter and change the channel of any watercourse within 25 miles of such municipality and may construct and maintain wharves and construct buildings and other improvements on and near wharves and wharf sites, within such municipality or within 25 miles of the limits thereof, and may collect wharfage...
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11-85-50
Section 11-85-50 Definitions. When used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) GOVERNMENTAL UNIT. Counties and municipalities. (2) GOVERNING BODY. The chief legislative body of a governmental unit. (3) MUNICIPALITY. Cities or towns. (4) REGION. All the geographical area contained within the aggregate territorial limits of all governmental units participating in a regional planning and development commission as provided in this article. (5) DISTRICT. A geographical area designated by the Governor as provided in this article. (Acts 1969, No. 1126, p. 2084, §1.)...
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11-99-2
Section 11-99-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) BLIGHTED OR ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED AREA: a. An area in which the structures, buildings, or improvements, by reason of dilapidation, deterioration, age, or obsolescence, inadequate provision for ventilation, light, air, sanitation, or open spaces, high density of population and overcrowding, or the existence of conditions which endanger life or property by fire and other causes, or any combination of such factors, are conducive to ill health, transmission of disease, infant mortality, juvenile delinquency, or crime, and are detrimental to the public health, safety, morals, or welfare, or b. Any area which by reason of the presence of a substantial number of substandard, slum, deteriorated, or deteriorating structures, predominance of defective or inadequate street layout, faulty lot layout in relation to size, adequacy, accessibility, or usefulness, unsanitary or unsafe conditions, deterioration of site or other improvements,...
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41-9-252
Section 41-9-252 Cahawba Historical Site - Advisory committee. (a)(1) There is established an advisory committee to be known as the Cahawba Advisory Committee, composed of 16 members, 15 of whom shall be appointed by the Governor. The Judge of Probate of Dallas County shall be the sixteenth member but shall be a member ex officio and shall not be entitled to a vote on the advisory committee. The members shall serve for terms of seven years each, and the judge of probate shall serve throughout his or her term of office. Members of the advisory committee shall be appointed so that each congressional district is represented by one appointed member on the advisory committee; except, that the congressional district in which Cahawba is situated shall be represented by eight appointed members, five of whom shall be residents of Dallas County and three of whom shall be from some other county in the congressional district. The membership of the advisory committee shall reflect the racial,...
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45-11-71.01
Section 45-11-71.01 Composition. (a) This section shall apply only in Chilton County. (b) Effective for the election of the county commission in November 2008 and thereafter, the Chilton County Commission shall be composed of five members elected from single-member districts. The member from each respective district shall be elected by the qualified electors residing within that district. The districts for the election of the commissioners in November 2008 shall be apportioned by the county commission at least 180 days prior to the last date for qualifying for the primary election and thereafter may be apportioned as provided by law. (c) Each candidate for election shall have been a resident and qualified elector of the district he or she seeks to represent at least 180 days prior to qualifying for election and shall remain a resident of the same district during his or her tenure in office. The members of the county commission shall serve for terms of four years. (d) The members of the...
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45-14-91
Section 45-14-91 Clay County Industrial Development Council - Created; composition; meetings; reimbursement of expenses. (a) Pursuant to Amendment 682 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, there is created and established the Clay County Industrial Development Council on the first day of the first month next following May 17, 2001. The members of the council shall be appointed as follows: (1) The county commissioners for commission districts 1, 2, and 3 shall each appoint one member who shall serve an initial term of one year. (2) The county commissioners for commission districts 4 and 5 shall each appoint one member who shall serve an initial term of two years. (3) Each incorporated municipality in the county shall appoint one member for an initial term of three years. (4) A consensus of the state legislative delegation for the county shall appoint two members for initial terms of four years. (b) When the appointments have been made, the council shall be composed of 11 members who...
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45-2-221.04
Section 45-2-221.04 Requirements for preservation district designation. Applicants shall meet requirements of subdivision (1) and one or more of the other following requirements in order to be considered for preservation district designation: (1) At least 60 percent of the district property owners, which shall also consist of at least 60 percent of the property, shall petition the Baldwin County Commission for a preservation district designation. (2) Is a geographically definable urban or rural area which contains structures or sites or a combination thereof which have a special character, aesthetic interest or value, and represent one or more period(s) of styles of architecture typical of one or more era(s) of the history of the area constituting a visibly perceptible section of the municipality or county. (3) Recommendation for designation by any federal, state, or other recognized survey of historic sites or structures. (Act 80-497, p. 769, §5.)...
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45-25-92
Section 45-25-92 Industrial Development Authority - Creation; composition. (a) For the purpose of promoting industry and trade and to assist the county commission in DeKalb County in their pursuits therefor, there is created an Industrial Development Authority for DeKalb County which shall be composed of 19 members. All members of the authority shall be residents and qualified electors of DeKalb County. The mayor and council from each of the following municipalities shall appoint one member from such municipality: Fort Payne, Valley Head, Mentone, Hammondville, Ider, Henager, Sylvania, Rainsville, Powell, Shiloh, Fyffe, Geraldine, Crossville, and Collinsville. Provided however that none of the aforementioned appointees shall be an elected official of the municipality. Each of the four county commissioners shall appoint one member from outside the above-named municipalities. (b) The chair of the county commission shall serve as a member. All members of the authority shall serve for...
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45-42A-23.02
Section 45-42A-23.02 Historic preservation commission. A historic preservation commission, hereinafter referred to as the commission, with the following membership, duties, and powers, may be established by ordinance of the governing body: (1) The commission shall be composed of five members. Residents of the historic district or districts shall elect four members and one member shall be a member of the City of Athens governing body designated by it. (2) The members of the commission elected by the residents of the historic district during annual meetings of the historic district association, except the member of the City of Athens governing body, who shall all serve by virtue of, and whose term shall correspond with the term of his of her office, shall serve for terms of four years. At the expiration of the term or the death or resignation of any member, the resulting vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term of such member by election at the next annual meeting of the historic...
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45-44-90.01
Section 45-44-90.01 Economic Development Authority - Board of directors. (a) The authority shall be governed by a board of directors consisting of members to be appointed as follows: One member appointed by the Macon County Commission; one member appointed by the member of the Alabama House of Representatives who represents Macon County; one member appointed by the member of the Alabama State Senate who represents Macon County; one member appointed by Tuskegee University; and one member appointed by the governing body of each incorporated municipality in the county. Additional voting members may be appointed to the board of directors by a two-thirds vote of a quorum of the board of directors, provided that the board of directors shall be composed of no more than 13 members. No member of the board of directors shall hold any elected public office. The initial terms of the directors shall be staggered. Two members, the one appointed by the member of the House of Representatives...
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