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Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 11-50-1 - Establishment, Purchase, etc., of Waterworks, Gas or Electric Plants by Municipalities Generally; Contracts for Furnishing of Water, Gas, or Electricity; Regulation of Gas, Electricity, and Water Rates and Quality. - Cities and towns shall have the right to establish, purchase,...
Section 11-50-1.1 - Acquisition of Certain Waterworks Systems Only With Consent of Governing Board of Corporation or Association Operating Same. - Municipalities are hereby prohibited from acquiring, or duplicating any services...
Section 11-50-2 - Acquisition of Power Lines and Rights-of-Way, etc., Incident Thereto. - (a) Cities and towns in this state are authorized to...
Section 11-50-3 - Sale of Water and Power to Other Municipalities. - Any city or town in this state owning or operating...
Section 11-50-4 - Condemnation of Sources of Water, Watersheds, Rights-of-Way, etc., to Secure Water Supply. - For the purpose of securing and maintaining a water supply...
Section 11-50-5 - Construction, Purchase, Operation, etc., of Waterworks and Water Supply Plants and Systems and Expenditure of Municipal Funds Therefor. - (a) Any municipality in this state may construct, purchase, operate,...
Section 11-50-6 - Issuance of Bonds for Payment for Waterworks Plants, etc., Purchased; Security for Bonds; Provision in Purchase Agreement as to Disposition of Revenues From Plants, Etc. - In payment for such plants, cities or towns may issue...
Section 11-50-6.1 - Referendum on Issuing Obligations to Construct Hydroelectric Generating Facility in Class 5 Municipality. - Should any Class 5 municipality subject to this section desire...
Section 11-50-7 - Provision in Purchase Agreement as to Franchise Right of Purchaser at Foreclosure Sale. - By the terms of purchase, it may be further provided...
Section 11-50-8 - Execution of Mortgages or Deeds of Trust as Security for Debts, etc., Incurred in Construction, Acquisition, etc., of Waterworks, Electric Lighting, or Power Plants, Etc. - All cities and towns, in order to secure the prompt...
Section 11-50-9 - Terms, Covenants, etc., in Mortgages or Deeds of Trust Generally. - Such mortgages or deeds of trust may contain such terms,...
Section 11-50-10 - Provision in Mortgages or Deeds of Trust as to Franchise Right, etc., of Purchaser at Foreclosure Sale. - Such mortgages or deeds of trust may provide that in...
Section 11-50-11 - Provision in Mortgages or Deeds of Trust as to Disposition of Revenues, etc., From Plants, Rates, and Charges, Etc. - Such mortgages or deeds of trust hereby authorized may provide...
Section 11-50-12 - Combination of Electric Light and Power Plants, etc., and Waterworks Plants, etc.; Use of Electric Light and Power Plants, etc., and Disposition of Revenues Therefrom. - All cities and towns which own and operate an electric...
Section 11-50-13 - Transfer of Waterworks, Sewer, Electric, and Gas Plants, etc., to Boards Organized and Incorporated to Own and Operate Same. - (a) Each municipality in Alabama which now or hereafter owns...
Section 11-50-14 - Agreements With Boards; Conditions, etc., in Instruments of Transfer as to Control, Operation, etc., of Plants, etc., by Boards; Powers of Boards as to Conveyance, etc., of Title to Plants. - (a) The governing body of such municipality is hereby authorized...
Section 11-50-15 - Fees of Directors. - In any instance where a public corporation heretofore or hereafter...
Section 11-50-16 - Employment of Mayor or President of Board of Commissioners of Certain Municipalities as Superintendent of Light, Water, Sewer or Gas Systems, etc.; Duties and Compensation; Validation of Prior Employment, Etc. - (a) In all incorporated municipalities organized and operating under the...
Section 11-50-17 - Payment of Interest by Waterworks Boards in Class 1 Municipalities on Customer Security Deposits. - Any public water works board in a Class 1 municipality...
Article 2 - Acquisition of Water Supply by Foreign Municipal Corporations.
Section 11-50-30 - Acquisition, etc., by Foreign Municipalities of Property Necessary to Afford Adequate Water Supply Authorized. - Any city or town located in any state adjoining the...
Section 11-50-31 - Rights and Powers of Domestic Municipal Corporations as to Acquisition, Maintenance, etc., of Waterworks Systems Conferred Upon Foreign Municipal Corporations. - All the rights and powers that are incident to and...
Section 11-50-32 - Rights and Powers of Foreign Municipal Corporations to Contract With Persons, Municipal Corporations, etc., Within State for Water Supply. - Such foreign municipal corporations, in connection with the development of...
Section 11-50-33 - Consent of Counties and Municipalities Required. - Before the power and authority conferred by this article may...
Section 11-50-34 - Exercise of Jurisdiction Over Territory Acquired by Foreign Municipalities Generally. - Nothing in this article contained shall authorize any foreign municipality...
Section 11-50-35 - Exemption From Levy, Attachment, etc., of Property of Foreign Municipal Corporations. - The property of any and all foreign municipal corporations located...
Section 11-50-36 - Taxation of Property Acquired by Foreign Municipalities. - The property so acquired by any foreign municipality shall be...
Article 3 - Acquisition, Operation, etc., of Sewers or Sewer Systems by Municipalities Generally.
Division 1 - General Provisions.
Section 11-50-50 - Construction and Maintenance of Sewers, Drains, etc., by Municipalities Authorized. - All cities and towns may make all needful provisions for...
Section 11-50-51 - Condemnation of Easements, Etc. - Cities and towns may acquire, whenever necessary, the requisite rights...
Section 11-50-52 - Extension or Alteration of Sewer System, Etc. - Any city or town may extend or alter its sewer...
Section 11-50-53 - Regulation, Installation, etc., of Drainage and Sewer Connections Generally. - All cities and towns of this state shall have the...
Section 11-50-54 - Regulation, Installation, etc., of Drainage, Plumbing, Sewer Connections, Etc. - All cities and towns of this state shall have the...
Section 11-50-55 - Regulation, Installation, etc., of Privies, Water Closets, Septic Tanks, etc.; Preparation and Filing of Statement as to Installation, etc., of Privies, Water Closets, Etc. - All cities and towns of this state shall have the...
Section 11-50-56 - Giving of Notice Under Provisions of Division. - Whenever in the exercise of any power granted under this...
Division 2 - Purchase of Sanitary Sewers or Sewer Systems and Assessments Therefor.
Section 11-50-70 - "Council" Defined. - The term "council," as used in this division, shall mean...
Section 11-50-71 - Authorized. - All cities and towns in this state shall have authority...
Section 11-50-72 - Adoption of Ordinance or Resolution Describing Sewer System to Be Purchased, Ordering Preparation of Maps, Profiles, etc., Thereof, Etc. - When the council of any city or town shall determine...
Section 11-50-73 - Filing of Maps, Profiles, etc., in Office of Engineer for Public Inspection. - Such maps, profiles, and information shall be placed on file...
Section 11-50-74 - Execution of Contract for Purchase of Sewers or Sewer System by Council; Contents and Terms Thereof. - Thereafter the council may enter into a contract with the...
Section 11-50-75 - Passage of Ordinance or Resolution Providing for Purchase of Sewers or Sewer System, Assessment of Cost Thereof Against Abutting Lands, Date for Conduct of Hearing Upon Objections, etc., to Purchase, Etc. - Thereupon, the council shall pass an ordinance or resolution providing...
Section 11-50-76 - Publication of Ordinance or Resolution. - The ordinance or resolution provided for in Section 11-50-75 must...
Section 11-50-77 - Hearing Upon Objections as to Proposed Purchase; Amendment, Modification, Rescission, etc., of Ordinance or Resolution and Contract by Council. - At the meeting to be held as provided for as...
Section 11-50-78 - Payment of Portion of Costs of Purchase by Council; Costs of Purchase Specified. - The council may pay out of the general funds of...
Section 11-50-79 - Assessment of Cost of Sewers or Sewer System Against Abutting Lands Authorized. - If the purchase of said sewers or sewer system is...
Section 11-50-80 - Preparation, etc., of List of Property Owners to Be Assessed for Purchase; Entry of List in Assessment Book for Local Improvements. - (a) When any purchase of sewers, or sewer system made...
Section 11-50-81 - Delivery of Assessment Book to City or Town Clerk; Publication of Notice as to Delivery and Inspection of Book, Hearing Upon Objections to Assessments, Etc. - After the completion of the proper entries in said book,...
Section 11-50-82 - Effect and Correction of Defects or Errors in Notice. - If there is any defect in said notice or proceedings...
Section 11-50-83 - Filing of Written Objections, etc., to Proposed Assessments by Property Owners. - The owners of any real estate or any interest therein...
Section 11-50-84 - Hearing Upon Objections, etc., to Assessments. - The council shall hear and pass upon all objections and...
Section 11-50-85 - Fixing of Amount of Assessments by Council and Effect Thereof. - At such meeting or any adjourned meeting, the council shall...
Section 11-50-86 - Assignment and Transfer of Assessment Liens. - The council of each city or town may transfer and...
Section 11-50-87 - Enforcement of Assessment Liens in Circuit Court. - In addition to the method hereinafter provided in this division...
Section 11-50-88 - Effect of Enforcement of Tax Liens Upon Property Upon Assessment Liens. - The enforcement by the state, county, city, or town of...
Section 11-50-89 - Effect of Sale of Property for Enforcement of Assessment Lien Upon Other Assessment Liens Upon Same Property. - The enforcement by the municipality of its lien for an...
Section 11-50-90 - Appeals From Assessments. - Any person aggrieved by the decision of the council in...
Section 11-50-91 - Payment of Assessments Generally. - The council, in purchasing any sewers or sewer system the...
Section 11-50-92 - Proceedings for Sale of Land Upon Failure of Property Owner to Pay Assessment, Installment or Interest - Notice of Sale; Payment of Assessment Prior to Sale; Cost of Notice and Sale Charged Against Land, Etc. - (a) If the property owner who has not elected to...
Section 11-50-93 - Proceedings for Sale of Land Upon Failure of Property Owner to Pay Assessment, Installment, or Interest - Execution, etc., of Deed to Purchaser at Sale; Disposition of Surplus From Sale; Purchase of Property by Municipality. - The officer making such sale shall execute a deed to...
Section 11-50-94 - Proceedings for Sale of Land Upon Failure of Property Owner to Pay Assessment, Installment, or Interest - Effect of Error or Defect in Notice or Sale. - No mistake in the notice of sale in the description...
Section 11-50-95 - Redemption of Property After Sale. - Such property may be redeemed by the owner or his...
Section 11-50-96 - Issuance of Bonds to Pay for Sewers or Sewer System Authorized Generally. - For the purpose of providing funds to pay the cost...
Section 11-50-97 - Making of Loans and Issuance of Bonds to Pay for Sewers or Sewer System. - The council may borrow money on the faith and credit...
Section 11-50-98 - Form, Terms, Denominations, etc., of Bonds; Execution, Sale, etc., Thereof. - The bonds authorized to be issued by this division shall...
Section 11-50-99 - Disposition of Proceeds From Sale of Bonds. - The proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized to be...
Section 11-50-100 - Payment and Redemption of Bonds Generally. - The bonds issued under this division shall be payable in...
Section 11-50-101 - Issuance, etc., of Bonds by Municipalities Having Less Than Six Thousand Inhabitants. - Any city or town having a population of less than...
Section 11-50-102 - Liability of Municipal Officials to Bondholders for Diversion, Misappropriation, etc., of Funds for Payment of Bonds. - The official charged with the duty of collecting assessments shall...
Section 11-50-103 - Maintenance of Account and Disbursement of Proceeds From Assessments Generally. - The city or town officials charged with the duty of...
Section 11-50-104 - Deposit of Assessment Proceeds in Bank; Manner of Withdrawal Thereof. - All proceeds arising from the collection of assessments levied under...
Section 11-50-105 - Use of Proceeds to Redeem Bonds and Coupons; Disposition of Excess. - At any time when the amount of any particular fund...
Section 11-50-106 - Refunding of Excess Assessments - Authority and Procedure Generally. - In the event the amount collected from the assessment under...
Section 11-50-107 - Refunding of Excess Assessments - Limitation Period for Presentation of Claims; Disposition of Amounts Not Refunded. - If such claims be not presented within 12 months from...
Section 11-50-108 - Adoption of Rules and Regulations for Operation and Maintenance of Sewers or Sewer System Purchased; Charges for Use of Sewers or Sewer System. - The council of any city or town purchasing any sewer...
Division 3 - Charges for Services of Sewer Systems.
Section 11-50-120 - Definitions. - When used in this division, the following words and phrases...
Section 11-50-121 - Establishment, etc., of Charges for Sewer Services; Combination of Sewer System and Water Distribution System and Establishment, etc., of Single Schedule of Charges, etc., Therefor. - (a) Each municipality owning a sewer system shall have the...
Section 11-50-122 - Enforcement of Charges. - Any municipality shall have the power to enforce collection of...
Article 4 - Sale, Lease, etc., of Electric, Gas or Waterworks Plants by Municipalities.
Section 11-50-140 - Definitions. - When used in this article, the following words and phrases...
Section 11-50-141 - Authorized. - When any city or town in this state is or...
Section 11-50-142 - Passage of Resolution by Governing Body Providing for Sale, Lease, Etc. - Before any sale, lease, or disposition of an electric light...
Section 11-50-143 - Ordering of Special Election for Authorization of Sale, Lease, Etc. - After the passage of said resolution, the said board of...
Section 11-50-144 - Calling of Election. - Such election, if ordered by the resolution of the board...
Section 11-50-145 - Notice of Election. - Notice of said election shall be given by advertisement published...
Section 11-50-146 - Appointment of Clerks, Returning Officers, etc., and Designation of Voting Places. - The managers, clerks, and returning officers of the election shall...
Section 11-50-147 - Qualifications for Voting; Provision of Ballots; Conduct of Election Generally. - At the election so ordered all qualified voters under the...
Section 11-50-148 - Form and Marking of Ballots. - The ballots shall have plainly printed on them the words:...
Section 11-50-149 - Disposition of Ballots at Conclusion of Election; Canvassing of Returns and Declaration of Election Results. - The ballots shall be kept in a sealed box; and,...
Section 11-50-150 - Execution of Sale, Lease, etc., by Governing Body and Terms Thereof. - If the result of such election shall be in favor...
Section 11-50-151 - Purchaser to Assume Payment of Existing Bonded Indebtedness Upon Plant. - If there is any bonded indebtedness existing which was incurred...
Article 5 - Transfer of Water Systems Without Elections.
Section 11-50-170 - Authorized; Terms; Adoption of Resolutions Authorizing Transfer. - (a) Every public corporation heretofore or hereafter organized or created...
Section 11-50-171 - Publication of Notice of Adoption of Resolution Authorizing Transfer, Certain Terms Thereof, etc.; Limitation Period for Action to Restrain Proposed Transfer, Etc. - (a) After the adoption of proceedings providing for the transfer...
Section 11-50-172 - Provision by Transferor for Payment of Outstanding Bonds, Mortgages, Indentures, Etc. - If there are outstanding any bonds, mortgages, indentures, resolutions, or...
Section 11-50-173 - Execution of Necessary Agreements and Instruments Authorized. - Each public corporation and municipality referred to in this article...
Section 11-50-174 - Construction of Article; Exemption From Jurisdiction and Regulation of State Public Service Commission, Etc. - (a) Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to...
Article 6 - Transfer of Water and Sewer Systems by Municipalities Without Elections.
Section 11-50-190 - Definitions. - For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall...
Section 11-50-191 - Conveyance Authorized; Terms; Ordinance or Resolution. - Each municipality which now or hereafter owns a system or...
Section 11-50-192 - Agreements. - The municipality making any such conveyance and the municipality to...
Article 7 - Transfer of Gas System Without Elections.
Section 11-50-210 - Definitions. - For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall...
Section 11-50-211 - Conveyance Authorized; Terms and Conditions; Ordinances and Resolutions. - Every municipality shall have the power, without the necessity of...
Section 11-50-212 - Implementation of Article. - Each municipality and public gas corporation is hereby further authorized...
Section 11-50-213 - Article Supplemental. - Nothing contained in this article shall be construed as a...
Article 8 - Waterworks and Sewer Boards.
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...
Article 9 - Boards for Operation of Water, Sewer, Gas and Electric Systems.
Section 11-50-310 - Definitions. - When used in this article, the following words and phrases...
Section 11-50-311 - Application for Authority to Incorporate; Adoption of Resolution by Municipal Governing Body Authorizing Incorporation. - Whenever any number of natural persons, not less than three,...
Section 11-50-312 - Acknowledgment, Filing and Recordation of Certificate of Incorporation; Amendment of Certificate of Corporation Formed Under This Article or Under Division 1 of Article 8 of This Chapter. - (a) The certificate of incorporation of any corporation organized under...
Section 11-50-313 - Board of Directors. - (a) Each corporation formed or the certificate of incorporation of...
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...
Section 11-50-315 - Execution, etc., of Contracts as Security for Repayment of Moneys Borrowed. - To further secure the repayment of any money borrowed by...
Section 11-50-316 - Execution, Sale, etc., of Bonds and Refunding Bonds of Corporation; Terms, Denominations, etc., Thereof; Charge, Application, etc., of Revenues From Systems for Payment of Bonds, etc., Generally; Vesting of Title to Systems in Mun... - (a) All bonds issued by any such corporation organized or...
Section 11-50-317 - Pledge of Revenues From and Mortgaging of Systems for Payment of Bonds. - Any bonds issued by a corporation organized under this article...
Section 11-50-318 - Disposition of Proceeds From Sale of Bonds. - All moneys derived from the sale of any bonds issued...
Section 11-50-319 - Exemption From Usury and Interest Statutes. - Each waterworks board now or hereafter organized under the provisions...
Section 11-50-320 - Acquisition, Operation, etc., of Systems Located in Another Municipality; Execution of Contract for Conveyance of System in Other Municipality Thereto Upon Payment in Full of Indebtedness of Corporation as to Such Systems. - (a) Each corporation organized under this article or the articles...
Section 11-50-321 - Consolidation of Systems. - Each corporation organized under this article or the articles of...
Section 11-50-322 - Exemption From Taxation of Bonds, Property, and Income of Corporation; Other Exemptions. - The property and income of each corporation formed or the...
Section 11-50-323 - Construction of Article; Jurisdiction, etc., of State Board of Health and State Public Service Commission. - Neither this article nor any provision contained in this article...
Section 11-50-324 - Applicability of Provisions of Sections 11-50-230 Through 11-50-273 and Sections 37-4-60 Through 37-4-65. - No corporation provided for in this article shall hereafter be...
Article 10 - Boards of Water and Sewer Commissioners.
Section 11-50-340 - Definitions. - As used in this article, the following words and terms...
Section 11-50-341 - Creation. - (a) The council of any city may, by ordinance, create...
Section 11-50-342 - Qualifications, Appointment, Terms of Office, Compensation, and Removal of Members of Board; Oath and Bond Thereof; Vacancies; Election of Officers; Quorum. - (a) Each board of water and sewer commissioners shall consist...
Section 11-50-343 - Powers Generally; Publication, Recordation, and Authentication of Resolutions of Board. - (a) Each board created under the provisions of this article...
Section 11-50-344 - Transfer of Existing Water or Sewer Systems to Board; Powers of Board as to Conveyance, etc., of Title to Systems. - The council of any city which shall have theretofore created...
Section 11-50-345 - Issuance of Revenue Bonds Authorized; Form, Terms, Denominations, etc.; Execution, Sale, etc.; Disposition of Proceeds From Sale of Bonds; Issuance of Interim Receipts or Temporary Bonds. - (a) Any board of water and sewer commissioners created under...
Section 11-50-346 - Execution of Trust Agreement as Security for Payment of Revenue Bonds Authorized; Provisions in Trust Agreements or Resolutions for Issuance of Bonds Generally. - In the discretion of the board, any revenue bonds issued...
Section 11-50-347 - Provisions in Resolutions for Issuance of Revenue Bonds or Trust Agreements Securing Same as Payment of Rates, Fees, or Charges for Services. - Any resolution providing for the issuance of revenue bonds under...
Section 11-50-348 - Liability Upon Revenue Bonds, etc.; Payment of Bonds and Expenses. - Revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this article shall...
Section 11-50-349 - Remedies of Bondholders and Trustees. - Any holder of revenue bonds issued under the provisions of...
Section 11-50-350 - Revenue Refunding Bonds. - (a) The board is hereby authorized to provide by resolution...
Section 11-50-351 - Establishment, Collection, etc., of Rates, Fees, and Charges for Services Furnished. - (a) The board is hereby authorized to fix and revise...
Section 11-50-352 - Adoption, etc., of Rules and Regulations as to Connection of Buildings to Sewers. - In case the board shall finance the construction of a...
Section 11-50-353 - Moneys Received Under Article Deemed Trust Funds; Provisions in Trust Agreements or Resolutions for Issuance of Bonds as to Trustees. - All moneys received pursuant to the authority of this article,...
Section 11-50-354 - Exemption From Taxation of Systems, Revenue Bonds, Etc. - As proper water and sewer facilities are essential for the...
Section 11-50-355 - Annual Reports and Audits; Conflicts of Interest of Members, Agents, or Employees of Board; Vesting of Title to Systems in City and Dissolution of Board Upon Payment, etc., of Bonds, etc., in Full. - (a) Within 60 days after the expiration of each fiscal...
Section 11-50-356 - Provisions of Article Cumulative; Issuance of Revenue Bonds and Revenue Refunding Bonds. - The provisions of this article shall be deemed to provide...
Section 11-50-357 - Article to Be Liberally Construed. - This article, being necessary for the welfare of the state...
Section 11-50-358 - Conflicting Laws. - All other general or special laws or parts thereof inconsistent...
Article 11 - Operation of Sanitary Sewer Systems by Public Water Corporations.
Section 11-50-370 - Definitions. - When used in this article, the following words and phrases...
Section 11-50-371 - Contracts Between Public Water Corporations and Public Sewer Corporations for Operation and Management of Sanitary Sewer Systems. - (a) Any public water corporation and any public sewer corporation...
Section 11-50-372 - Rights and Powers of Public Water Corporations and State Board of Health as to Sanitary Sewers Not Impaired by Article. - Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to deprive...
Article 12 - Gas Districts.
Section 11-50-390 - Definitions. - When used in this article, the following words and phrases...
Section 11-50-391 - Creation. - Any two or more municipalities are hereby empowered and authorized...
Section 11-50-392 - Contents, Acknowledgment, Filing, and Recordation of Certificate of Incorporation; Procedure for Amendment Thereof; Dissolution of District and Disposition of Systems, etc., Upon Payment of Indebtedness of District in Full. - (a) The certificate of incorporation of any gas district incorporated...
Section 11-50-393 - Board of Directors - Composition; Compensation; Removal Actions. - Each district incorporated under this article shall have a board...
Section 11-50-394 - Board of Directors - Organization; Officers. - Promptly after their appointment, the members of the board of...
Section 11-50-395 - Board of Directors - Powers Generally; Resolutions. - (a) The board of directors shall constitute the governing body...
Section 11-50-396 - Powers Generally. - Each district incorporated under this article shall have each and...
Section 11-50-397 - Exercise of Powers of Eminent Domain Generally. - The powers of eminent domain granted and conferred upon districts...
Section 11-50-398 - Acquisition, Construction, Operation, etc., of Gas Distribution Systems Outside Territory of Municipalities by Which Incorporated. - Any such gas district may, if its certificate of incorporation...
Section 11-50-399 - Acquisition of Competing Gas Systems, Etc. - All districts incorporated under the provisions of this article shall...
Section 11-50-400 - Use of Public Highway Rights-of-Way. - Each such district is hereby authorized to use the right-of-way...
Section 11-50-401 - Promulgation of Rules and Regulations as to Installation, Maintenance, etc., of Gas Fixtures, Pipes, etc., Served by District - Authorized. - Any gas district now or hereafter organized in this state...
Section 11-50-402 - Promulgation of Rules and Regulations as to Installation, Maintenance, etc., of Gas Fixtures, Pipes, etc., Served by District - Procedure. - Any such rules or regulations promulgated by a gas district...
Section 11-50-403 - Rules and Regulations Not to Supersede Rules, Regulations, etc., of Municipalities in Territory Served by District; Municipal Rules, Regulations, etc., to Govern in Event of Conflict. - No rules or regulations promulgated by a gas district pursuant...
Section 11-50-404 - Transfer of Systems to District by Municipalities. - Each municipality in Alabama which now or hereafter owns a...
Section 11-50-405 - Bonds - Authorization for Issuance; Form, Terms, Denominations, etc.; Execution and Delivery; Sale; Refunding and Exchange; Issuance of Interim Receipts or Temporary Bonds. - The bonds of a district incorporated under this article shall...
Section 11-50-406 - Bonds - Disposition of Proceeds From Sale. - All moneys derived from the sale of any bonds issued...
Section 11-50-407 - Provisions in Mortgages, Deeds of Trust, etc., Executed as Security for Bonds as to Rights of Parties Thereto, etc.; Execution, etc., of Contracts as Security for Repayment of Moneys Borrowed. - (a) Any mortgage, deed of trust or pledge agreement made...
Section 11-50-408 - When Mortgages or Pledges of Property or Revenues and Liens Thereof Effective; Properties, Persons, etc., Subject Thereto. - Any mortgage or conveyance of property and any pledge of...
Section 11-50-409 - Liability Upon Bonds, etc.; Payment of Bonds. - The bonds and other obligations of any district incorporated under...
Section 11-50-410 - Rights and Remedies of Bondholders and Trustees. - In addition to all other rights and all other remedies,...
Section 11-50-411 - Disposition of Net Profits of District; "Net Income" Defined; Distribution of Less Than Net Income for Fiscal Year; Availability for Payment in Future Fiscal Years. - All the net income of the gas transmission system or...
Section 11-50-412 - Taxation - Exemption of Property, Income, Bonds, etc., of District Generally. - All property and all income of any district incorporated under...
Section 11-50-413 - Taxation - Levy and Collection of Privilege License Tax by Certain Municipalities. - (a) The term "taxpaying gas district" as used in this...
Section 11-50-414 - Validation of Proceedings to Incorporate Gas Districts. - All acts or proceedings heretofore done or taken for the...
Section 11-50-415 - Exemption From Usury and Interest Statutes. - Each gas district now or hereafter organized under the provisions...
Section 11-50-416 - Purpose of Article; Proceedings, Notices, etc., Required by Article for Incorporation, etc., Exclusive; Exemption of Districts From Jurisdiction and Regulation of State Public Service Commission. - (a) This article is intended to aid the state in...
Section 11-50-417 - Provisions of Article Exclusive. - Any district incorporated under this article insofar as the subject...
Article 13 - Waterworks Utility Boards.
Section 11-50-430 - Creation; Composition. - Any municipality in the State of Alabama is hereby authorized...
Section 11-50-431 - Members of Board - Qualifications. - No person shall be eligible for membership on said board...
Section 11-50-432 - Members of Board - Election and Terms of Office; Vacancies. - The governing body of such municipality shall elect the members...
Section 11-50-433 - Members of Board - Oath of Office. - Before entering upon the duties of his office, each member...
Section 11-50-434 - Members of Board - Impeachment and Removal. - Members of the board may be removed from office in...
Section 11-50-435 - Members of Board - Compensation. - Each member of the board shall receive for his services...
Section 11-50-436 - Officers. - At the first meeting of the board, the members shall...
Section 11-50-437 - Meetings. - The board shall hold regular monthly meetings on the second...
Section 11-50-438 - Official Bonds of Certain Officers and Employees. - All officers or employees of the board handling money or...
Section 11-50-439 - Powers and Duties of Board Generally. - The board shall have complete control of the municipal waterworks...
Section 11-50-440 - Appointment of Accountant, etc., to Make Annual Examination and Report of Books and Accounts. - The board shall at least once a year appoint an...
Section 11-50-441 - Annual Report to Municipal Governing Body. - Said board shall make an annual report to the governing...
Section 11-50-442 - Expenditures for New Construction, Additions, etc., to Waterworks Plant and System, Etc. - No expenditures for any new construction, additions, or replacements to...
Section 11-50-443 - Maintenance and Disbursement of Funds of Board Generally. - All funds of said board shall be kept separate from...
Section 11-50-444 - Disposition of Moneys Received From Operation of Waterworks Plant and System. - All money collected from the sale of water or received...
Section 11-50-445 - Fixing of Bonds Required From Depositories. - Repealed by Act 2000-748, p. 1669, §3, effective January 1,...
Article 14 - Gas Utility Boards.
Section 11-50-460 - Creation; Composition. - Any municipality in the State of Alabama is hereby authorized...
Section 11-50-461 - Members of Board - Qualifications. - No person shall be eligible for membership on said board...
Section 11-50-462 - Members of Board - Election and Terms of Office; Vacancies. - The governing body of such municipality shall elect the members...
Section 11-50-463 - Members of Board - Oath of Office. - Before entering upon the duties of his office, each member...
Section 11-50-464 - Members of Board - Impeachment and Removal. - Members of the board may be removed from office in...
Section 11-50-465 - Members of Board - Compensation. - Each member of the board shall receive for his services...
Section 11-50-466 - Officers. - At the first meeting of the board, the members shall...
Section 11-50-467 - Meetings. - The board shall hold regular monthly meetings on the second...
Section 11-50-468 - Official Bonds of Certain Officers and Employees. - All officers or employees of the board handling money or...
Section 11-50-469 - Powers and Duties of Board Generally. - The board shall have complete control of the municipal gas...
Section 11-50-470 - Appointment of Accountant, etc., to Make Annual Examination and Report of Books and Accounts. - The board shall at least once a year appoint an...
Section 11-50-471 - Annual Report to Municipal Governing Body. - Said board shall make an annual report to the governing...
Section 11-50-472 - Expenditures for New Construction, Additions, etc., to Gas Distribution System, Etc. - No expenditures for any new construction, additions, or replacements to...
Section 11-50-473 - Maintenance and Disbursement of Funds of Board Generally. - All funds of said board shall be kept separate from...
Section 11-50-474 - Disposition of Moneys Received From Operation of Gas Distribution System. - All money collected from the sale of gas or received...
Section 11-50-475 - Fixing of Bonds Required From Depositories. - Repealed by Act 2000-748, p. 1669, §3, effective January 1,...
Article 15 - Electric Utility Boards.
Section 11-50-490 - Creation. - Any municipality in the State of Alabama is authorized within...
Section 11-50-491 - Qualifications of Members. - No person shall be eligible for membership on said board...
Section 11-50-492 - Election of Members; Filling of Vacancies. - The governing body of such municipality shall elect the members...
Section 11-50-493 - Oath. - Before entering upon the duties of his office, each member...
Section 11-50-494 - Chairman; Secretary. - At the first meeting of the board, the members shall...
Section 11-50-495 - Compensation. - Each member of the board shall receive for his services...
Section 11-50-496 - Meetings; Record of Proceedings. - The board shall hold regular monthly meetings on the second...
Section 11-50-497 - Powers and Duties Generally. - The board shall have complete control of the municipal electric...
Section 11-50-498 - Impeachment and Removal. - Members of the board may be removed from office in...
Section 11-50-499 - Bonds of Officers and Employees. - All officers or employees of the board handling money or...
Section 11-50-500 - Examination of Books and Accounts. - The board shall at least once a year appoint an...
Section 11-50-501 - Annual Report. - Said board shall make an annual report to the governing...
Section 11-50-502 - Expenditures for New Construction, Additions, or Replacements. - No expenditures for any new construction, additions, or replacements to...
Section 11-50-503 - Segregation and Withdrawal of Funds. - All funds of said board shall be kept separate from...
Section 11-50-504 - Deposit and Distribution of Money Received From Use of Electric System. - All money collected from the sale of electric current or...
Section 11-50-505 - Bond or Securities of Depository. - Repealed by Act 2000-748, p. 1669, §3, effective January 1,...
Section 11-50-506 - Effect of Chapter on Existing Laws, Etc. - The authority granted municipalities under the provisions of this chapter...
Article 16 - District Electric Corporations.
Section 11-50-520 - Definitions. - The following words and phrases and others importing the same...
Section 11-50-521 - Authority to Incorporate. - Any number of natural persons, not less than three and...
Section 11-50-522 - Procedure for Incorporation. - The corporation may be organized in the following manner: The...
Section 11-50-523 - Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation. - Whenever the board shall deem it desirable to amend the...
Section 11-50-524 - Corporate Powers. - (a) The corporation shall be entitled to all the exemptions...
Section 11-50-525 - Board of Directors. - The government of the corporation shall be vested in the...
Section 11-50-526 - Bonds - Sale or Issuance Generally. - The corporation may issue bonds at any time and from...
Section 11-50-527 - Bonds - Consent of Department of Finance. - No bonds of the corporation shall be issued until consent...
Section 11-50-528 - Bonds - Nature of Obligations. - All bonds issued by the corporation and all interest coupons...
Section 11-50-529 - Bonds - Rights and Remedies of Bondholders. - In addition to all other remedies available under this chapter...
Section 11-50-530 - Rates and Charges for Services Rendered. - The rates and charges for the services rendered by or...
Section 11-50-531 - Exemption From Taxation. - All bonds and the income therefrom issued by the corporation...
Section 11-50-532 - Dissolution. - When all obligations incurred by the corporation and all bonds...
Section 11-50-533 - Municipal Aid. - Any municipality incorporated under the laws of Alabama which is...