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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11-92C-2
Section 11-92C-2 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following words have the following meanings: (1) APPLICANT. A natural person who files a written application with the governing body of any authorizing subdivision in accordance with Section 11-92C-3. (2) AUTHORITY. Any local redevelopment authority organized pursuant to this chapter. (3) AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION. A resolution adopted by the governing body of any authorizing subdivision in accordance with Section 11-92C-3, which authorizes the incorporation of the authority. (4) AUTHORIZING SUBDIVISION. Any county or municipality that has adopted an authorizing resolution. (5) BOARD. The board of directors of an authority. (6) BONDS. Any bonds, notes, certificates, or any other form of indebtedness representing an obligation to pay money. (7) CONTIGUOUS. Two or more tracts of land if touching for a continuous distance of not less than 200 feet. The term shall include tracts of land divided by bodies of water, streets,...
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11-44D-4
Section 11-44D-4 Mayor-council form of government. If a majority of the qualified electors voting in the referendum provided herein choose a mayor-council form of government, the following provisions of this chapter shall be applicable: (1) The municipality shall thereafter and as provided in this chapter be governed by a mayor elected at-large and a five-member council elected from single-member districts, which municipality shall have the same powers and duties as herein enumerated and as other mayor-council municipalities organized under Chapter 43, Title 11, and any other powers and duties not inconsistent with this chapter which may be now or hereafter granted to such municipality. (2) The council shall include five members who shall be elected from districts, which shall be, as near as practicable, of equal population according to the last federal decennial census, but not more than five percent, more or less, than the average of the five districts. (3) The council members shall...
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11-50-314
Section 11-50-314 Powers of corporation generally; provisions in mortgages, deeds of trust, or pledge agreements executed by corporation as to rights of parties thereto, etc. (a) Each corporation formed or the certificate of incorporation of which is amended under this article 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 or until dissolved as provided in this article; (2) To sue and be sued and to defend civil actions against it; (3) To make use of a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure; (4) To acquire, purchase, construct, operate, maintain, enlarge, extend, and improve any system or systems, the operation of which is provided for in the certificate of incorporation of such corporation or in any amendment thereto (whether or not such system or...
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8-6-110
Section 8-6-110 Definitions. The following words and phrases, as used in this article, shall have the following meanings: (1) AUTHORIZING ACT. Any of the following statutes or acts: a. Any of the following sections, as amended: Section 11-20-1 et seq., relating to industrial revenue bonds to be issued by counties; Section 11-54-20 et seq., relating to industrial revenue bonds to be issued by municipalities; Section 11-54-80 et seq., relating to industrial revenue bonds to be issued by municipal industrial development boards; Section 11-58-1 et seq., relating to industrial revenue bonds to be issued by municipal medical clinic boards, Section 22-21-170 et seq., relating to industrial revenue bonds to be issued by county and municipal hospital authorities; and Section 11-20-30 et seq., relating to industrial revenue bonds to be issued by county industrial development boards. b. The following acts of the Alabama Legislature: Act No. 4, enacted at the 1956 Second Special Session of the...
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11-98-4
Section 11-98-4 Board of commissioners. (a) When any district is created, the creating authority may appoint a board of commissioners composed of seven members to govern its affairs, and shall fix the domicile of the board of commissioners at any point within the district. In the case of county districts, after the expiration of the terms of the members of the board of commissioners holding office on May 23, 2000, there may be at least one member of the board of commissioners from each county commission district if the number of the county commission does not exceed seven, unless a resolution dated before January 1, 2000, was passed by a county commission establishing an appointment process different from this section or as otherwise provided by the enactment of a local act after May 23, 2000. The members of the board of commissioners shall be qualified electors of the district, two of whom shall be appointed for terms of two years, three for terms of three years, and two for terms of...
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41-16-51
Section 41-16-51 Contracts for which competitive bidding not required. (a) Competitive bids for entities subject to this article shall not be required for utility services, the rates for which are fixed by law, regulation, or ordinance, and the competitive bidding requirements of this article shall not apply to: (1) The purchase of insurance. (2) The purchase of ballots and supplies for conducting any primary, general, special, or municipal election. (3) Contracts for securing services of attorneys, physicians, architects, teachers, superintendents of construction, artists, appraisers, engineers, consultants, certified public accountants, public accountants, or other individuals possessing a high degree of professional skill where the personality of the individual plays a decisive part. (4) Contracts of employment in the regular civil service. (5) Contracts for fiscal or financial advice or services. (6) Purchases of products made or manufactured by the blind or visually handicapped...
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11-86A-4
Section 11-86A-4 Filing of application for incorporation with probate judge; contents thereof; recordation of application by probate judge; approval or disapproval by governing body of county of incorporation and each participating municipality. (a) The written application of the incorporators shall be filed with the probate judge, which application shall: (1) Contain a statement that the incorporators propose to incorporate an authority pursuant to this chapter. (2) State that each of the incorporators is a resident of the county of incorporation. (3) Request that the governing body of the county of incorporation and each participating municipality adopt a resolution declaring that it is expedient that the proposed authority be formed, approving the written application, and authorizing the incorporators to proceed to form the proposed authority by filing for record articles in accordance with this chapter. (b) The application shall include the form of articles of the proposed...
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28-3-190
Section 28-3-190 Levy of tax; collection; disposition of proceeds by localities; enforcement and administration; penalties; exclusive nature of tax. (a) Levy. In addition to the excise tax levied by Article 5A of Chapter 3 of this title and the licenses provided for by Chapter 3A of this title and by Section 28-3-194, and any acts amendatory thereof, supplementary thereto or substituted therefor, and municipal and county licenses, there is hereby levied a privilege or excise tax on every person licensed under the provisions of Chapter 3A who sells, stores, or receives for the purpose of distribution, to any person, firm, corporation, club, or association within the State of Alabama any beer. The tax levied hereby shall be measured by and graduated in accordance with the volume of sales by such person of beer, and shall be an amount equal to one and six hundred twenty-five thousands cents (1.625 cents) for each four fluid ounces or fractional part thereof. (b) Collection. The tax levied...
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11-97-2
Section 11-97-2 Definitions. 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 written application with the governing body of any county or municipality in accordance with the provisions of Section 11-97-3 hereof. (2) AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION. A resolution of ordinance adopted by the governing body of any county or municipality in accordance with the provisions of Section 11-97-3 hereof, that authorizes the incorporation of a corporation. (3) BOARD. The board of directors of a corporation. (4) BONDS. Bonds, notes, or other obligations representing an obligation to pay money. (5) CORPORATION. Any public corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. (6) COSTS. As applied to a facility or any portion thereof, shall include all or any part of the...
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