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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-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-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-49
Section 11-54B-49 Amendment of the self-help business improvement district ordinance. (a) The
governing body of the municipality may amend an ordinance relating to the self-help business
improvement district upon the written request of a representative group of the owners of the
nonexempt real property located within the geographical area of the district. The request
shall specify the desired amendment or amendments which should be made by the governing body
of the municipality to the self-help business improvement district ordinance. The request
shall also include the signatures of the owners of the nonexempt real property comprising
at least 60 percent of the total fair market value of all real property located in the district,
or the owners of at least 50 percent of the parcels of property located within the district;
or, alternatively with respect to a district funded by assessments against a particular class
of businesses, the signatures of the owners of businesses, consistent...
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11-54B-22
Section 11-54B-22 Merger of business improvement districts. (a) Without the approval of the
governing body of the municipality or the owners of the real property located within the geographical
areas of the districts, any two or more district management corporations located within the
same municipality may merge into one of such district management corporations pursuant to
Article 5 of Chapter 3A of Title 10, as well as this section. (b) Each district management
corporation shall adopt a plan of merger in compliance with subsection (b) of Section 10-3A-100,
which plan of merger, in addition, shall designate the self-help business improvement district
ordinance which shall be applicable to the surviving corporation, provided that such ordinance
was applicable to at least one of the corporations prior to the merger. (c) A plan of merger
shall be approved pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of Section 10-3A-102. (d)
The articles of merger provided in Section 10-3A-103, shall...
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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-11
Section 11-54B-11 District management corporation limits, powers, and duties. (a) District
management corporations shall be incorporated under the Alabama Nonprofit Corporation Act
(Chapter 3A of Title 10) and shall exercise their powers in a manner consistent with such
act. (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 must
provide the following: (1) That the property, business, and affairs of the corporation shall
be managed by a board of directors. (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 such groups will serve for initial
terms of one (1), two (2) and three (3) years respectively, and that all directors thereafter
elected by the board of directors shall serve for a term of three (3) years. (4)...
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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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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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33-15-6
Section 33-15-6 Powers, duties and functions generally. The general powers, duties and functions
of the authority shall be as follows: (1) GENERAL. The authority: a. Shall have perpetual
succession in its corporate name; b. May bring civil actions and have civil actions brought
against it in its corporate name; c. May adopt, use, and alter a corporate seal, which shall
be judicially noticed; d. May enter into such contracts and cooperative agreements with federal,
state and local governments, with agencies of such governments and with private individuals,
corporations, associations and other organizations, including the Bear Creek Watershed Association,
Inc., whether organized under the laws of Alabama or of another state, as the board may deem
necessary or convenient to enable it to carry out the purposes of this article, which authorization
shall include without limitation contracts and cooperative arrangements with any of the several
states and with counties and municipalities in...
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