Section 16-16B-1 Short title; electronic textbooks; wireless electronic devices; rule making authority; implementation plan; Alabama Ahead Oversight Committee. (a) This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Ahead Act. (b)(1) Commencing with the 2016-2017 school year, students may be provided textbooks in electronic format . Textbooks in electronic format may be […]
Section 16-16B-10 (Implementation Conditioned on Separate Legislative Enactment.) Disposition of funds. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing and in addition to all powers heretofore granted to the Authority, the Authority is hereby expressly authorized to use the proceeds derived from the sale of Bonds and income on Permitted Investments in accordance with the provisions of this […]
Section 16-16B-11 (Implementation Conditioned on Separate Legislative Enactment.) Tax exemption. The Authority shall have the power to make such payments to the United States of America as the board of directors of the Authority deems necessary to cause the interest on any bonds of the Authority, including the Bonds, to be and remain exempt from, […]
Section 16-16B-12 (Implementation Conditioned on Separate Legislative Enactment.) Issuance expenses; contracts and appointments. The Authority is authorized to pay out of proceeds of any series of Bonds the costs and expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of such Bonds, including without limitation legal and accounting fees and expenses, fees and expenses of any financial […]
Section 16-16B-2 Definitions. (a) Wherever used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) “1965 Act” means Act No. 243 enacted at the 1965 First Special Session of the Legislature, codified as Title 16, Chapter 16. (2) “1971 Acts” means Act No. 94 enacted at […]
Section 16-16B-2.1 Wireless infrastructure and mobile digital computing devices; application for funds; implementation plan. (a)(1) Contingent on funding, during the 2016-2017 school year, local school systems may begin installing sufficient, high-quality standards-based broadband WiFi infrastructure and, where possible, mobile digital devices to enable access to digital instructional materials and, to the extent practicable, textbooks in […]
Section 16-16B-3 (Implementation Conditioned on Separate Legislative Enactment.) Authorization to issue additional bonds and purposes thereof. (a) The Authority is hereby authorized to sell and issue its Bonds in the aggregate principal amount of up to $100,000,000 and to apply the proceeds as provided in this chapter, to include the following purposes: Paying the costs […]
Section 16-16B-4 (Implementation Conditioned on Separate Legislative Enactment.) Execution and other details of the bonds. The Bonds shall be signed by the president or vice-president of the Authority, and the seal of the Authority affixed thereto (or a facsimile thereof imprinted thereon) and attested by its secretary. All signatures of the president, vice-president, and secretary […]
Section 16-16B-5 (Implementation Conditioned on Separate Legislative Enactment.) Sale of the bonds. The Bonds may be sold by the Authority from time to time in series, and if sold in more than one series, may all be authorized in one initial resolution of the Authority with the pledges therefor made by the Authority in such […]
Section 16-16B-6 (Implementation Conditioned on Separate Legislative Enactment.) Appropriation of revenues to the authority; pledge thereof for. For the purpose of providing for payment of the principal, premium (if any), and interest on the Bonds, and to accomplish the objectives of this chapter, there is hereby irrevocably pledged to those purposes, and hereby appropriated, such […]
Section 16-16B-7 (Implementation Conditioned on Separate Legislative Enactment.) Bonds to be payable solely out of the revenues appropriated; authorization for authority to pledge such revenues for the bonds. The Bonds shall not be general obligations of the Authority but shall be limited obligations payable solely out of the residues of the tax receipts appropriated and […]
Section 16-16B-8 (Implementation Conditioned on Separate Legislative Enactment.) Refunding bonds. For the purpose of refunding any Bonds or Refunding Bonds of the Authority issued under the provisions of this chapter, the 1965 Act, the 1971 Acts, the 1973 Act, the 1978 Act, the 1985 Act, the 1990 Act, the 1995 Act, the 1998 Act, the […]
Section 16-16B-9 (Implementation Conditioned on Separate Legislative Enactment.) Use of bond proceeds. (a) The proceeds derived from each sale of the Bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the State Treasury and shall be carried in a separate fund therein for the account of the Authority, which shall pay the expenses of […]
