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11-54B-4
Section 11-54B-4 Findings required for public hearing on adoption of self-help business improvement
district ordinance. A public hearing on the adoption of a self-help business improvement district
ordinance may be called only if the governing body of a municipality finds that: (a) A request
for the creation of a self-help business improvement district which satisfies the requirements
of Section 11-54B-5 has been filed with the clerk of the municipality. (b) The area described
in the self-help business improvement district plan would benefit from being designated as
a self-help business improvement district. (c) The self-help business improvement district
plan required by Section 11-54B-5 includes a designated district management corporation to
provide administrative and other services to benefit businesses, employees, residents, and
consumers in the self-help business improvement district. (d) The self-help business improvement
district plan includes a special assessment which will be...
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11-54B-48
Section 11-54B-48 Collection of special assessment. (a) The self-help business improvement
district ordinance adopted by the municipality pursuant to Section 11-54B-46 shall provide
that the special assessment levied on the owners of the real property located within the geographical
area of the district shall be collected by the district management corporation, by the offices
of the municipal revenue department, or by the offices of the revenue commissioner, who may
be compensated for the service. Except in the case of an assessment against a designated class
of business, the ordinance shall also provide that the amount of any outstanding special assessment
levied on a parcel of real property, together with any accrued interest and penalties, shall
constitute a lien on the property. The lien shall take precedence over all other liens, whether
created prior or subsequent to the date of the special assessment, except a lien for any of
the following: (1) State, county, or municipal taxes....
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11-54B-7
Section 11-54B-7 Review of self-help business improvement district plan and adoption of ordinance.
The municipality, upon review of the self-help business improvement district plan submitted,
may, after public hearing, adopt an ordinance to designate, establish, and maintain the area
described in the plan as a self-help business improvement district. The ordinance shall provide
for an effective date which is sixty (60) days from the date of adoption of the ordinance
by the municipality and shall provide that, if the owners of real property which represent
one-third ( 1/3 ) or more (by number) of all parcels of real property located within the geographical
area of the district file written objections to the establishment of the district with the
clerk of the municipality, the provisions of such ordinance shall be null and void and no
district shall be created. The ordinance shall designate the district management corporation
provided for in the plan as the district management...
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11-54B-43
Section 11-54B-43 Findings required for a public hearing on the adoption of a self-help business
improvement district ordinance. A public hearing on the adoption of an ordinance creating
a self-help business improvement district may be called only if the governing body of a Class
2 municipality finds that: (1) A request for the creation of a self-help business improvement
district which satisfies the requirements of Section 11-54B-44 has been filed with the clerk
of the municipality. (2) The area described in the self-help business improvement plan would
benefit from being designated as a self-help business improvement district. (3) The self-help
business improvement district plan required by Section 11-54B-44 includes a designated district
management corporation to provide administrative and other services to benefit businesses,
employees, residents, and consumers in the self-help business improvement district. (4) The
self-help business improvement district plan includes a special...
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11-54B-5
Section 11-54B-5 Requirements of request for creation of self-help business improvement district.
A request for the creation of a self-help business improvement district must contain the following:
(a) The signatures of a representative group of the owners of the real property located within
the geographical area of the proposed district. The group must include the signatures of the
owners of real property which comprises at least two-thirds of the total fair market value
of all real property located in the proposed district. Ownership of real property and the
fair market value thereof shall be determined by the county property tax assessment records.
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 may ultimately be vested by purchase shall be deemed the owner of such real property
for purposes of this article. (b) An accurate description,...
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11-54B-19
Section 11-54B-19 Sunset provision. (a) Within sixty (60) days after the adoption and approval
of the fifth annual budget for any self-help business improvement district, the board of directors
of the district management corporation shall set a hearing to determine whether the district
should be continued, modified, or terminated. At least twenty (20) days before the hearing,
notice of the date, place and time of such hearing shall be posted in at least three (3) places
within the district and mailed to each real property owner who paid assessments to the district
during the previous year as certified by an officer of the district management corporation
collecting such assessments. (b) Whenever a petition is presented to the board of directors
of the district management corporation signed by real property owners in the district which
paid twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the assessments paid in the district during the
last fiscal year for which assessments were collected, the board...
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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-50
Section 11-54B-50 District management corporation limits, powers, and duties. (a) District
management corporations provided for in this article shall be incorporated under the Alabama
Nonprofit Corporation Act, Chapter 3 of Title 10A, and shall exercise their powers in a manner
consistent with that law. (b) To qualify for designation by ordinance to manage a self-help
business improvement district, the articles of incorporation of a proposed district management
corporation shall provide all of the following: (1) That a board of directors shall manage
the property, business, and affairs of the corporation. (2) The names and addresses of the
initial members of the board of directors. (3) That the initial members of the board shall
be divided into three groups which are as equal in number as is possible, that those groups
will serve for initial terms of one, two, and three years respectively, and that all directors
thereafter elected by the board of directors shall serve for a term of...
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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-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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