Code of Alabama
Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.
Article 8 - Waterworks and Sewer Boards.

Division 1 - General Provisions.

Section 11-50-230 - Definitions. - When used in this division, the following words and phrases...

Section 11-50-231 - Application for Authority to Form Corporation for Operation of Waterworks and Sanitary Sewer Systems; Adoption of Resolution by Municipal Governing Body Authorizing Incorporation. - Whenever any number of natural persons, not less than three,...

Section 11-50-232 - Certificate of Incorporation - Contents; Amendment. - (a) The certificate of incorporation of any corporation organized under...

Section 11-50-233 - Certificate of Incorporation - Acknowledgment, Filing, and Recordation. - The certificate of incorporation shall be acknowledged before an officer...

Section 11-50-234 - Board of Directors. - (a) Each corporation formed under this division shall have a...

Section 11-50-234.1 - Meeting Expense Allowance for Board Members. - The board of directors of any waterworks or sewer board...

Section 11-50-235 - Powers of Corporation Generally; Provisions in Mortgages, Deeds of Trust, or Pledge Agreements Executed by Corporation as to Rights of Parties Thereto, etc.; Exemption From Taxation of Property and Income of Corporation. - (a) Each corporation formed under this division shall have the...

Section 11-50-236 - Execution, etc., of Contracts as Security for Repayment of Moneys Borrowed. - To further secure the repayment of any money borrowed by...

Section 11-50-237 - Execution, Sale, etc., of Bonds and Refunding Bonds of Corporation Generally; Terms, Denominations, etc., Thereof; Charge, Application, etc., of Revenues From Systems to Payment of Bonds, etc., Generally; Vesting of Title to Syste... - (a) All bonds issued by any corporation organized under this...

Section 11-50-238 - Transfer of Systems to Corporation; Powers of Corporation as to Conveyance, etc., of Title to Systems. - Each municipality which may now or hereafter own a system...

Section 11-50-239 - Acquisition, Operation, etc., of Waterworks System Located in Another Municipality; Execution of Contract for Conveyance of System in Other Municipality Thereto Upon Payment in Full of Indebtedness of Corporation. - (a) Each waterworks board now or hereafter organized under this...

Section 11-50-240 - Issuance of Revenue Bonds for Improvement and Extension of Waterworks Plants and Pledge of Revenues From Gas Systems for Payment Thereof. - Any waterworks board organized under the provisions of this division...

Section 11-50-241 - Construction of Division; Jurisdiction, etc., of State Board of Health and State Public Service Commission. - (a) Neither this division nor anything contained in this division...

Division 2 - Acquisition, Operation, etc., of Gas Plants and Systems.

Section 11-50-260 - Authorization Generally. - Any waterworks board now existing, in the process of organization...

Section 11-50-261 - Additional Powers of Boards as to Gas Plants and Systems. - Without limiting the powers provided for in Section 11-50-260, such...

Section 11-50-262 - Borrowing of Money and Issuance of Revenue Bonds Therefor; Execution of Mortgages, Pledges, etc., as Security for Indebtedness; Provisions in Same as to Rights of Parties Thereto, etc.; Sale of Gas to Municipalities Authorized. - (a) Any waterworks board shall also have the power to...

Section 11-50-263 - Execution, etc., of Contracts as Security for Repayment of Moneys Borrowed. - In addition and for the further security of the lender,...

Section 11-50-264 - Issuance, Sale, etc., of Bonds and Refunding Bonds of Board; Terms, Denominations, Taxation, etc., Thereof; Charge, Application, etc., of Revenues From System to Payment of Indebtedness; Vesting of Title to System in Municipality... - (a) Any waterworks board which borrows money under the authority...

Section 11-50-265 - Transfer of Gas Plant or System to Waterworks Board; Sale or Transfer of Plant or System by Board to Utility Regulated by State Public Service Commission. - (a) Every city or town now or hereafter owning and...

Section 11-50-266 - Notice to Owner of Existing Gas Plant or System in Territory of Intention of Waterworks Board to Operate Gas Plant or System Therein, Etc. - Whenever any such waterworks board proposes to engage in the...

Section 11-50-267 - Voluntary Sale of Existing Plant or System to Board by Owner. - If within 30 days after receipt of such notice the...

Section 11-50-268 - Application to Public Service Commission for Determination as to Terms of Acquisition; Hearing; Issuance of Order by Commission as to Terms, Conditions, etc., of Acquisition. - If acquisition of the property sought to be acquired by...

Section 11-50-269 - Appeal From Order of Commission. - Any party shall have the right to appeal from the...

Section 11-50-270 - Completion of Sale Pursuant to Final Determination of Commission or Court; Effect of Failure of Seller to Tender Deed, etc., or of Board to Accept Deed, Pay Purchase Price, Etc. - The owner shall have 30 days after a final determination...

Section 11-50-271 - Consolidation of Gas and Waterworks Plants and Systems. - Any such waterworks board may, if it so elects, combine...

Section 11-50-272 - Change of Name of Board Upon Acquisition of Gas Plant or System. - In the event any such waterworks board shall hereafter acquire...

Section 11-50-273 - Construction of Division; Exemption From Jurisdiction and Regulation of State Public Service Commission. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this division, neither this...

Division 3 - Management and Operation of Sanitary Sewer Systems as Agents of Municipalities.

Section 11-50-290 - Contracts Between Municipalities and Waterworks Board for Operation and Management of Sanitary Sewer Systems. - (a) The city or town council, city commission, or other...

Section 11-50-291 - Rights and Powers of Municipalities and State Board of Health as to Sanitary Sewers Not Impaired by Division. - Nothing contained in this division shall be construed to deprive...

Division 4 - Water Works Board Serving Counties Other Than Where Organized.

Section 11-50-300 - Applicability. - Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, this division shall apply...

Section 11-50-301 - Reorganization and Composition. - (a) Effective January 1, 2017, the water works board shall...

Section 11-50-302 - Terms of Board Members. - (1) Except as otherwise provided in this division, after May...

Section 11-50-303 - Compensation; Ethics Requirements; Rate Increases; Open Meetings. - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including Section 11-50-234.1,...

Section 11-50-304 - Exceptions. - This division shall not apply to a municipal utilities board...