Any incorporated city or town in this state may borrow money for temporary or any other lawful purpose or use to the extent of its constitutional debt limit and pay all costs, fees, and commissions agreed upon in connection with any such loans, and the governing body thereof may, without an election, issue evidences of indebtedness in the form of interest-bearing warrants, notes, or bills payable, maturing at such times as such governing body may determine, not exceeding 30 years from the date of issue, and any such city or town may as security for any such evidences of indebtedness and, as a part of the contract whereunder any money is borrowed, pledge to the payment thereof so much as may be necessary therefor of any tax or license or revenues that such city or town may then be authorized to pledge to the payment of bonded or other indebtedness.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.
Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.
Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 11-47-1 - Borrowing of Money Authorized - Twelve-Month Renewable Loans.
Section 11-47-2 - Borrowing of Money Authorized - Thirty-Year Loans.
Section 11-47-4 - Authority for Issuance of Bonds After Reorganization.
Section 11-47-5 - Execution of Contracts.
Section 11-47-6 - Contracts to Be Awarded to Lowest Responsible Bidder.
Section 11-47-7 - Erection, Maintenance, etc., of Jails, Morgues, Hospitals, Etc.
Section 11-47-8 - Removal of Prisoners From Municipal Jail to Another Jail.
Section 11-47-9 - Advertisement of Municipalities - Authorized.
Section 11-47-10 - Advertisement of Municipalities - Costs.
Section 11-47-12 - Provision of Building for Storage of Gunpowder, Etc.
Section 11-47-14 - Provision of Wharves and Landings and Improvement of Waterfronts Generally.
Section 11-47-16 - Establishment, Acquisition, Administration, etc., of Public Cultural Facilities.
Section 11-47-17 - Provision of Public Scales, Inspection of Weights and Measures, Etc.
Section 11-47-18 - Provision for Lighting, Sprinkling, and Cleaning of Streets.
Section 11-47-20 - Disposition of Unneeded Real Estate - Generally.
Section 11-47-21 - Disposition of Unneeded Real Estate - Leasing Thereof.
Section 11-47-22 - Exercise of Police Jurisdiction Over Hospitals, Poorhouses, Cemeteries, Etc.
Section 11-47-23 - Limitation Periods for Presentation of Claims Against Municipalities.
Section 11-47-25 - Acceptance of Credit Card Payments in Class 1 Municipalities.
Section 11-47-26 - Payment of Municipal Employees by Direct Deposit of Wages.