(a) The certificate of incorporation of any authority incorporated under this part may at any time and from time to time be amended in the manner provided in this section. The board of directors of the authority shall first adopt a resolution proposing an amendment to the certificate of incorporation which shall be set forth in full in the resolution and which amendment may include any matters which might have been included in the original certificate of incorporation.
(b) After the adoption by the board of a resolution proposing an amendment to the certificate of incorporation of the authority, the chair of the board or other chief executive officer of the authority and the secretary of the authority shall sign and file a written application in the name of and on behalf of the authority, under its seal, with the governing body of the authorizing municipality, requesting the governing body to adopt a resolution approving the proposed amendment, and accompanied by a certified copy of the resolution adopted by the board proposing the amendment to the certificate of incorporation, together with such documents in support of the application as the chair or other chief executive officer may consider appropriate. As promptly as may be practicable after the filing of the application with the governing body of the authorizing municipality pursuant to this section, such governing body shall review the application and shall adopt resolutions either denying the application or authorizing the proposed amendment. The governing body shall also cause a copy of the application and all accompanying documents 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.
(c) Within 40 days following the adoption of a resolution approving the proposed amendment by that governing body the chair of the board or other chief executive officer of the authority and the secretary of the authority shall sign, and file for record in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which the municipality is located, a certificate in the name of and in behalf of the authority, under its seal, reciting the adoption of the resolution by the board and by the governing body of the authorizing municipality and setting forth the proposed amendment.
Structure Code of Alabama
Chapter 49A - Mobile County Municipalities.
Part 5 - Public Transit System.
Section 45-49A-64 - Purpose; Legislative Findings.
Section 45-49A-64.01 - Definitions.
Section 45-49A-64.02 - Use of Phrases.
Section 45-49A-64.03 - Filing of Application; Authorization of Incorporation.
Section 45-49A-64.05 - Amendments to Certificate of Incorporation.
Section 45-49A-64.06 - Board of Directors.
Section 45-49A-64.07 - Powers of Authority.
Section 45-49A-64.08 - Rates, Fees, and Charges.
Section 45-49A-64.09 - Bonds of Authority.
Section 45-49A-64.11 - Statutory Mortgage Lien.
Section 45-49A-64.12 - Proceeds From Sale of Bonds.
Section 45-49A-64.13 - Cooperation; Aid From Other Public Bodies.
Section 45-49A-64.14 - Exemption From Taxation.
Section 45-49A-64.16 - Use of Public Roads.
Section 45-49A-64.17 - Annual Budget and Audit.
Section 45-49A-64.19 - Dissolution of Authority and Vesting of Property.
Section 45-49A-64.20 - Employee Protective Provisions.
Section 45-49A-64.21 - Limitation on Eminent Domain.
Section 45-49A-64.22 - Existence of Authority Prevents Subsequent Incorporation.