Upon the adoption by the board of any resolution providing for the issuance of bonds, the authority may, in its discretion, cause to be published once a week for two consecutive weeks, in a newspaper published in the determining municipality, or if there is no newspaper published in the determining municipality, then in a newspaper published in the county in which the determining municipality or any part thereof is located, a notice in substantially the following form (the blanks being properly filled in) at the end of which shall be printed the name and title of either the chairman or secretary of the authority:
"____, a public corporation and a political subdivision of the State of Alabama, on the ____ day of ____, authorized the issuance of $____ principal amount of revenue bonds of the said public corporation for purposes authorized in the act of the Legislature of Alabama under which the said public corporation was organized. Any action or proceeding questioning the validity of the said bonds, or the pledge and the indenture to secure the same, or the proceedings authorizing the same, must be commenced within 20 days after the first publication of this notice."
Any action or proceeding in any court to set aside or question the proceedings for the issuance of the bonds referred to in said notice or to contest the validity of any such bonds, or the validity of the pledge and indenture made therefor, must be commenced within 20 days after the first publication of such notice. After the expiration of the said period, no right of action or defense questioning or attacking the validity of the said proceedings or of the said bonds or the said pledge or indenture shall be asserted, nor shall the validity of the said proceedings, bonds, pledge or indenture be open to question in any court on any ground whatsoever except in an action commenced within such period.
Structure Code of Alabama
Chapter 17 - Educational Building Authorities.
Section 16-17-1 - Definitions.
Section 16-17-2 - Legislative Intent.
Section 16-17-3 - Procedure to Incorporate.
Section 16-17-4 - Amendments to Certificate of Incorporation.
Section 16-17-5 - Board of Directors.
Section 16-17-6 - Officers of Authority.
Section 16-17-7 - Powers of Authority.
Section 16-17-8 - Location of Ancillary Improvements.
Section 16-17-9 - Remedies Under Lease Agreements.
Section 16-17-10 - Bonds of Authority.
Section 16-17-11 - Contracts to Secure Bonds and Assumed Obligations.
Section 16-17-12 - Statutory Mortgage Lien.
Section 16-17-13 - Proceeds From Sale of Bonds.
Section 16-17-14 - Exemption From Taxation.
Section 16-17-15 - Freedom of Authority From State Supervision and Control.
Section 16-17-16 - Earnings of Authority.
Section 16-17-17 - Investments in Bonds of Authority.
Section 16-17-18 - Notice of Bond Resolution.
Section 16-17-19 - Dissolution of Authority and Vesting of Title to Its Properties.