Except as expressly otherwise provided in this article or Article 2 of this chapter no proceeding, notice, or approval shall be required for the incorporation of any authority or the amendment of its certificate of incorporation, the acquisition of any property, water system, sewer system, or fire protection facility or the issuance of any bonds, mortgage, and deed of trust or trust indenture.
The authority, every water system, sewer system, or fire protection facility owned by the authority or leased or subleased to a determining county and the rates and charges thereof shall be exempt from all jurisdiction of and all regulation and supervision by the Alabama Public Service Commission and neither a public hearing nor the consent of the State Department of Finance shall be prerequisite to the issuance of bonds by the authority or any transaction between the authority and the determining county or between the determining county and any vendor, vendee, lessor, or lessee to or from the authority.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.
Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.
Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities.
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 11-88-1 - Definitions.
Section 11-88-2 - Purpose of Article.
Section 11-88-5 - Authorization and Procedure for Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation.
Section 11-88-5.1 - Ratification of Amendment.
Section 11-88-6 - Board of Directors.
Section 11-88-7.1 - Additional Powers.
Section 11-88-9 - Bonds of Authority - Contracts to Secure Payment of Principal and Interest.
Section 11-88-11 - Bonds of Authority - Disposition of Proceeds From Sale of Bonds.
Section 11-88-14 - Use by Authority of Public Roads Rights-of-Way.
Section 11-88-17 - Exemption of Authority From Usury Laws, Etc.
Section 11-88-20 - Validation of Prior Defective Incorporations Under Provisions of Article.