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Section 39-7-1 - Definitions. - When used in this chapter, the following terms shall have...
Section 39-7-2 - Authorization for Incorporation Generally. - The citizens of any city or town in the State...
Section 39-7-3 - Filing of Petition for Election as to Incorporation. - A petition, in the form and executed as provided in...
Section 39-7-4 - Form and Verification of Petition. - (a) The petition shall be in substantially the following form:...
Section 39-7-5 - Summary Proceedings for Review, etc., of Sufficiency of Petition. - The probate or circuit court or any judge thereof within...
Section 39-7-6 - Publication of Notice of Filing of Petition and of Question to Be Submitted to Voters at Election. - The clerk or probate judge shall give notice of the...
Section 39-7-7 - Submission of Question Proposed by Petition to Voters at General Election. - If the petition shall have been filed with the clerk...
Section 39-7-8 - Holding of Special Election for Submission of Question to Voters; Provisions of Law Governing Conduct of Such Elections; Payment of Expenses of Elections. - If a petition shall not have been filed or, in...
Section 39-7-9 - Contents and Form of Election Ballot. - The question set forth in the petition shall be printed...
Section 39-7-10 - Adoption of Resolution Setting Forth Question Submitted and Votes Cast; Declaration of Incorporation of Improvement Authority. - At the regular meeting of the governing body of the...
Section 39-7-11 - When Authority Deemed Incorporated; Transmission of Certified Copy of Resolution, etc., to Secretary of State; Secretary of State to Furnish Statement of Names, etc., of Authorities Incorporated to Department of Finance; Publication... - The citizens of the State of Alabama who are inhabitants...
Section 39-7-12 - Authority to Be Public Corporation; Exercise of Powers of Authority. - (a) Each authority incorporated under this chapter shall be a...
Section 39-7-13 - Purpose and Powers of Authority Generally; Sale, Transfer and Conveyance of Entire Water System to Public Corporation Authorized to Conduct Business of Water Distribution System. - (a) An authority shall be incorporated for the purpose of...
Section 39-7-14 - Board of Trustees of Authority - Composition; Appointment, Removal and Terms of Office of Members; Vacancies. - (a) Each improvement authority shall have a board of trustees...
Section 39-7-15 - Board of Trustees of Authority - Members Not to Hold Public Office Under Municipality. - The members of the board shall not hold any public...
Section 39-7-16 - Board of Trustees of Authority - Organization Meeting; Selection of Officers. - Promptly after their appointment the members of the board shall...
Section 39-7-17 - Board of Trustees of Authority - Compensation; Delegation of Powers and Duties to Employees, Etc. - Each member of the board shall receive for his or...
Section 39-7-18 - Board of Trustees of Authority - Powers Generally. - The board of trustees shall have power to do all...
Section 39-7-19 - Transfer of Supervision, Possession, Control, etc., of Property, Rights, Books, Papers, etc., of Plant or System Owned by Municipality to Authority Generally; Continuation in Effect of Provisions of Law as to Powers and Duties of Mu... - Jurisdiction, supervision, possession and control of all property, real and...
Section 39-7-20 - Transfer of Municipal Officers and Employees to Authority. - Officers and employees of any board, commission or department in...
Section 39-7-21 - Obligations of Contracts of Municipality Not to Be Impaired; Payment of Notes, Bonds or Other Obligations Issued by Municipality; Assumption of Municipal Contracts as to Plant or System by Authority. - The obligations of contracts of the municipality shall not be...
Section 39-7-22 - Powers Generally; Consent of Department of Finance Required for Issuance or Sale of Bonds or Other Evidence of Indebtedness by Authority. - (a) Subject only to the Constitution of the State of...
Section 39-7-23 - Authorization for Issuance of Bonds by Authority; Terms, Denominations, Sale, Redemption, etc., of Bonds; Issuance of Interim Receipts, Certificates, Etc. - Bonds of an authority shall be authorized by resolution of...
Section 39-7-24 - Liability on Bonds and Other Obligations of Authority. - The bonds and other obligations of an authority incorporated under...
Section 39-7-25 - Rights and Remedies of Bondholders. - In addition to all other rights and all other remedies...
Section 39-7-26 - Pledge as to Alteration, Impairment, etc., of Certain Rights and Powers of Authorities and Rights and Remedies of Bondholders by State. - The State of Alabama does hereby pledge to and agree...
Section 39-7-27 - Disposition of Moneys of Authority. - All moneys of an authority incorporated under this chapter from...
Section 39-7-28 - Examinations of Accounts and Books of Authority; Copy of Examination to Be Furnished to Board of Trustees; Publication of Statement and Analysis of Financial Standing of Authority; Special Audit and Examination of Books and Accounts... - The municipality or, in case of an unincorporated area in...
Section 39-7-29 - Authorization and Procedure for Enlarging of Services Furnished by Authority. - The authority shall not include in an enterprise in which...
Section 39-7-30 - Authorization and Procedure for Diminishing of Services Furnished by Authority. - The services of the authority shall not be diminished so...
Section 39-7-31 - Limitation as to Number of Special Elections for Incorporating Authority or Enlarging or Diminishing Services Furnished by Authority. - Not more than one special election shall be held in...
Section 39-7-32 - Furnishing of Services Outside Boundaries of Municipality by Authority. - No improvement authority incorporated under this chapter shall furnish any...
Section 39-7-33 - Purpose of Chapter; Chapter Exclusive as to Franchises, Licenses, Permits, etc., for Authorities. - (a) This chapter is intended to aid the state in...
Section 39-7-34 - Provisions of Chapter Exclusive as to Matters Covered by Chapter. - Any authority incorporated under this chapter insofar as the subject...