Section 39-7-4 – Form and Verification of Petition.
Section 39-7-4 Form and verification of petition. (a) The petition shall be in substantially the following form: “To the (herein insert the name of governing body) of the City (or Town) or to the Probate Judge of _____ County. We, the undersigned, qualified electors of the area embraced within the city or town or of […]
Section 39-7-20 – Transfer of Municipal Officers and Employees to Authority.
Section 39-7-20 Transfer of municipal officers and employees to authority. Officers and employees of any board, commission or department in or of the municipality may be transferred to the authority and shall be eligible for such transfer and appointment without examination to offices and positions under such authority. The transfer and appointment of such officers […]
Section 39-7-5 – Summary Proceedings for Review, etc., of Sufficiency of Petition.
Section 39-7-5 Summary proceedings for review, etc., of sufficiency of petition. The probate or circuit court or any judge thereof within the county shall have summary jurisdiction upon complaint of an elector to determine the sufficiency of the petition and shall make such order as justice may require as to such sufficiency. Such summary proceeding […]
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.
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 impaired by this chapter. Moneys to provide for the payment of notes, bonds […]
Section 39-7-6 – Publication of Notice of Filing of Petition and of Question to Be Submitted to Voters at Election.
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 submission of the question by causing notice of the filing of the petition and the question to be submitted to be published at least once on […]
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.
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 Alabama, each authority incorporated under this chapter shall have power: (1) To sue and be sued; (2) To have a seal and […]
Section 39-7-7 – Submission of Question Proposed by Petition to Voters at General Election.
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 or probate judge or, in case a summary proceeding has been instituted, a final order thereon has been made in favor of the sufficiency of the petition not more than 60 days […]
Section 39-7-23 – Authorization for Issuance of Bonds by Authority; Terms, Denominations, Sale, Redemption, etc., of Bonds; Issuance of Interim Receipts, Certificates, Etc.
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 the board of trustees of such authority and may be issued in one or more series, may bear such date or dates, mature […]
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.
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 case a summary proceeding has been instituted, a final order thereon has not been made in favor of the sufficiency […]
Section 39-7-24 – Liability on Bonds and Other Obligations of Authority.
Section 39-7-24 Liability on bonds and other obligations of authority. The bonds and other obligations of an authority incorporated under this chapter shall not be a debt of the State of Alabama nor a debt of the municipality and neither the state nor the municipality shall be liable in any way whatsoever thereon nor may […]