Section 16-60-300 Incorporation authorized. The President of Jefferson State Community College, the Presiding Chair of the State House of Representatives Legislative Delegation of Jefferson County, and the Chair of the State Senate Legislative Delegation of Jefferson County may become a corporation with the power and authority hereinafter provided by proceeding according to this article. This […]
Section 16-60-301 Application for incorporation. (a) To become a corporation, the President of Jefferson State Community College, the Presiding Chair of the State House of Representatives Legislative Delegation of Jefferson County, and the Chair of the State Senate Legislative Delegation of Jefferson County shall present to the Secretary of State of Alabama an application signed […]
Section 16-60-302 Certificate of incorporation. (a) When the application has been made, filed, and recorded as provided in this article, the applicants shall constitute a corporation under the name of the Community Outreach Partnership Center at Jefferson State Community College. (b) The Secretary of State shall make and issue to the applicants a certificate of […]
Section 16-60-303 Appointment of board of directors. (a) The Community Outreach Partnership Center shall initially be governed by a five-member board of directors. (b) The initial Board of Directors of the Community Outreach Partnership Center shall be as follows: (1) The President of Jefferson State Community College (Place One). (2) Two members (Place Two and […]
Section 16-60-304 Removal of board of directors; vacancies. (a) A member of the board of directors, other than a member holding Place One, may be removed for cause by a vote of the board. (b) Any member of the board may resign by giving written notice of resignation to the board, which shall become effective […]
Section 16-60-305 Purpose of the center. The purpose of the center is to promote the community that the center serves through funding of programs in all of the following areas: (1) Housing. (2) Economic development. (3) Neighborhood revitalization. (4) Infrastructure. (5) Health care. (6) Job training. (7) Education. (8) Crime prevention. (9) Community planning. (10) […]
Section 16-60-306 Power of the center. The center shall have all of the following powers: (1) To have succession by its corporate name in perpetuity. (2) To sue and be sued and to prosecute and defend in any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parties thereto. (3) To adopt and use […]
Section 16-60-307 Acceptance of appropriations, gifts, and grants; legislative appropriations. (a) The center may seek and accept gifts, devises, grants, or bequests and hold or expend the same to carry out this article. The center may accept appropriations or grants from the federal government, the state, any county, or any municipality, and the center may […]
Section 16-60-308 Responsibilities of the board. The responsibilities of the board shall include all of the following: (1) Evaluate grant proposals based on the purpose shown in Section 16-60-305. (2) Monitor and ensure that expenditures of grant funds are in accordance with the associated grant proposal, this article, and relevant state laws. (3) Upon finding […]
Section 16-60-309 Disbursement of state funds through grant procedure. (a) The center shall evaluate grant proposals based on all of the following criteria: (1) The relevance of such proposal to the purpose for which such grants are made, as stated in Section 16-60-305. (2) The extent to which such grant proposal advances the program objectives […]
Section 16-60-310 Report of the Examiner of Public Accounts. The Department of the Examiners of Public Accounts shall perform a yearly audit of all public monies received by the center and shall provide a copy of the audit to the Presiding Chair of the State House of Representatives Legislative Delegation of Jefferson County and the […]
Section 16-60-311 Exemptions from taxation. (a) All assets and properties of the center, the income therefrom, and all other income of the center are exempt from any form of taxation in the State of Alabama whether imposed by the state, a county, or a municipality. (b) All gifts, grants, devises, and bequests to the center […]
Section 16-60-312 Nonprofit and public nature of the center. It is the intent of this article that the center be a nonprofit public corporation. No part of the net earnings of the center shall inure to the benefit of any private individual, firm, or corporation. (Act 2001-501, p. 880, §13.)
