11-54B-44
Section 11-54B-44 Requirements of a request for the creation of a self-help business improvement district. A request for the creation of a self-help business improvement district shall contain all of the following: (1) The signatures of a representative group of the owners of the nonexempt real property located within the geographical area of the proposed district. The group shall include the signatures of the owners of the nonexempt real property comprising at least 60 percent of the total fair market value of all nonexempt real property located in the proposed district and the signature of an owner of at least 50 percent of the parcels of property located within the proposed district. The county property tax assessment records shall determine ownership of real property and the fair market value. When record title to real property is vested in a public corporation or authority under a bond financing plan provided for by statute, the beneficial user of the real property in which title...
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11-54B-40
Section 11-54B-40 Legislative findings. (a) The Legislature makes the following findings: (1) That patterns of urban development have had substantial adverse impacts upon downtown and community business districts vital to the economy of the State of Alabama. (2) That the public interest would be advanced by authorizing the creation of self-help business improvement districts and district management corporations to assist any Class 2 municipality in promoting economic growth in business districts. (3) That the public interest would also be advanced by authorizing the creation of self-help business districts for the promotion of tourism that include businesses of a designated class and funding supplemental business services through the levy of assessments on businesses of the designated class that receive benefits from those supplemental business services. (4) That a district management corporation representing real property owners, or in certain cases, owners of a particular class of...
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11-54B-58
Section 11-54B-58 Sunset provision. (a) Within 90 days after the adoption and approval of the fifth annual budget for any self-help business improvement district, the municipality shall set a hearing to determine whether the district should be continued, modified, or terminated. At least 20 days before the hearing, notice of the date, place, and time of the hearing shall be posted in at least three places within the district and mailed, along with the new district management plan, which shall contain the items described in subdivision (4) of Section 11-54B-44, to each real property or business owner who paid assessments to the district during the previous year as certified by an officer of the district management corporation collecting such assessments, the officers of the municipal revenue department, or the offices of county tax assessor and county tax collector, if they are the billing and collecting agency. (b) At this hearing, if a petition presented to the municipality objecting...
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11-54B-41
Section 11-54B-41 Definitions. As used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) DISTRICT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION. An entity created by incorporation under the Alabama Nonprofit Corporation Act, Chapter 3 of Title 10A, and designated by ordinance by the incorporated municipality to manage a self-help business improvement district. (2) MUNICIPALITY. Those municipalities designated as Class 2 municipalities as defined in Section 11-40-12. (3) SELF-HELP BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. An area within the incorporated municipality designated by ordinance as an area in which a special assessment may be levied on the owners of real property located within the geographical area of the district for the purposes of providing supplemental services within the district and promoting the economic and general welfare of the district or, alternatively with respect to a district formed for the purpose of increasing tourism within the municipality, an area or...
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11-54B-2
Section 11-54B-2 Definitions. As used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) MUNICIPALITY. Any Class 1 municipality located in the State of Alabama. (2) DISTRICT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION. An entity created by incorporation under The Alabama Nonprofit Corporation Act (Chapter 3A of Title 10), and designated by ordinance to manage a self-help business improvement district. (3) SELF-HELP BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. A geographical area, whether or not contiguous, within a municipality designated by ordinance as an area in which a special assessment may be levied on the owners of the real property located within the geographical area of the district for the purposes of providing supplemental services within the district and promoting the economic and general welfare of the district. (Acts 1994, No. 94-677, p. 1295, §2; Act 2007-479, p. 1017, §1.)...
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11-54B-57
Section 11-54B-57 Annual reports and audits. (a) Within 90 days after the close of each fiscal year, the district management corporation shall make an annual report of its activities for the preceding fiscal year to the governing body of the municipality. (1) Each annual report shall include, at a minimum: a. A financial statement for the preceding year, including a balance sheet, statement of income and loss, and such other information as is reasonably necessary to reflect the district management corporation's actual performance, certified by the treasurer of the corporation. b. The budget for the current fiscal year. c. In the case of a district funded by assessments against businesses of a particular class, a list of the businesses of the designated class that are currently operating within the district. (2) A copy of each annual report shall be sent to the mayor, the city council, and to all property owners, or in the case of districts funded by assessments against businesses of a...
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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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27-61-1
Section 27-61-1 Surplus Lines Insurance Multi-State Compliance Compact. The Surplus Lines Insurance Multi-State Compliance Compact Act is enacted into law and entered into with all jurisdictions mutually adopting the compact in the form substantially as follows: PREAMBLE WHEREAS, with regard to Non-Admitted Insurance policies with risk exposures located in multiple states, the 111th United States Congress has stipulated in Title V, Subtitle B, the Non-Admitted and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2010, of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, hereafter, the NRRA, that: (A) The placement of Non-Admitted Insurance shall be subject to the statutory and regulatory requirements solely of the insured's Home State, and (B) Any law, regulation, provision, or action of any State that applies or purports to apply to Non-Admitted Insurance sold to, solicited by, or negotiated with an insured whose Home State is another State shall be preempted with respect to such application;...
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11-54B-1
Section 11-54B-1 Legislative findings. (a) The Legislature finds: (1) That patterns of urban development have had a substantial adverse impact upon downtown and community business districts vital to the economies of Class 1 municipalities in Alabama. (2) That the public interest would be advanced by authorizing the creation of self-help business improvement districts and district management corporations to assist Class 1 municipalities in promoting economic growth in business districts. (3) That district management corporations representing real property owners within self-help business improvement districts can assist Class 1 municipalities in promoting economic growth and employment within business districts. (4) That Class 1 municipalities should be authorized to create self-help business improvement districts and designate district management corporations to execute self-help programs to improve the local business climates. (b) The Legislature further finds that it is the public...
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11-54B-12
Section 11-54B-12 Annual budget of district management corporation. (a) The officers of the district management corporation shall submit a detailed annual budget for approval by its board of directors including proposed expenditures and proposed sources of funding, including voluntary donations, and which explains how the budget contributes to goals and objectives for the business improvement district. (b) The budget shall be introduced, approved, amended, and adopted by resolution passed by not less than a majority of the full membership of the board of directors. The procedure shall be as follows: (1) Introduction and preliminary approval; (2) Public advertising; (3) Public hearing; (4) Amendments and public hearings, if required; and (5) Adoption. (c) No budget shall be adopted until a public hearing has been held thereon and all persons having an interest therein shall have been given an opportunity to present objections. (d) The board of directors may amend the budget during or...
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