(a) A public corporation may be organized pursuant to this chapter in any Class 1 municipality. Not less than three natural persons may incorporate a public corporation by filing a written application with the governing body of the county and with the governing body of the Class 1 municipality, which application shall:
(1) Contain a statement that the authority proposes to render public transportation service in the Class 1 municipality and surrounding counties.
(2) State the proposed location of the principal office of the authority, which shall be within the county in which the application is filed.
(3) State that each of the applicants is a duly qualified elector of the county where the application is filed.
(4) Request that the governing body adopt a resolution declaring that it is wise, expedient, and necessary that the proposed authority be formed and authorizing the applicants to proceed to form the proposed authority by the filing for record of a certificate of incorporation pursuant to Section 11-49B-4.
(b) The applications shall, except in their designation of the governing body to which they are addressed and with which they are filed, be identical, and shall be accompanied by any supporting documents or evidence that the applicants consider appropriate. As promptly as may be practicable after the filing of the applications with them in accordance with the provisions of this section, the governing bodies of the county and the municipality with which the application was filed shall review the contents of the application and shall adopt resolutions either:
(1) Denying the application.
(2) Declaring that it is wise, expedient, and necessary that the proposed authority be formed and authorizing the applicants to proceed to form the proposed authority by the filing for record of a certificate of incorporation under Section 11-49B-4.
(c) Each governing body with which an application is filed shall also cause a copy of the application to be spread upon or otherwise made a part of the minutes of the meeting of the governing body at which final action upon the application is taken.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.
Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.
Chapter 49B - Public Transportation Service in Class I Municipalities
Section 11-49B-1 - Declaration of Purpose and Legislative Findings.
Section 11-49B-2 - Definitions.
Section 11-49B-4 - Procedure to Incorporate Contents and Execution of Certificate of Incorporation.
Section 11-49B-5 - Amendments to Certificate of Incorporation.
Section 11-49B-6 - Board of Directors.
Section 11-49B-7 - Powers of Authority.
Section 11-49B-8 - Rates and Charges.
Section 11-49B-9 - Bonds of Authority.
Section 11-49B-10 - Contracts to Secure Bonds and Assumed Obligations.
Section 11-49B-11 - Statutory Mortgage Lien.
Section 11-49B-12 - Proceeds From Sale of Bonds.
Section 11-49B-13 - Cooperation; Aid From Other Public Bodies.
Section 11-49B-14 - Exemption From Taxation.
Section 11-49B-16 - Use of Public Roads.
Section 11-49B-17 - Annual Budgets and Audits Required.
Section 11-49B-18 - Civil Service of Merit Systems Not Applicable.
Section 11-49B-19 - Dissolution of Authority and Vesting of Property.
Section 11-49B-20 - Employee Protective Provisions.
Section 11-49B-21 - Existence of an Authority Prevents Incorporation of Another by the Same County.