Section 16-7-1 – Creation.

Section 16-7-1 Creation. There is hereby created an agency to be known as the Alabama Educational Television Commission, hereinafter called the commission. (Acts 1953, No. 81, p. 124, §1.)

Section 16-7-2 – Membership; Appointment; Terms; Vacancies; per Diem and Expenses.

Section 16-7-2 Membership; appointment; terms; vacancies; per diem and expenses. The commission shall consist of seven members, one from each of the congressional districts in the state as they are constituted on the 15th day of January, 1980. The members shall be residents and qualified electors of the State of Alabama. No member of the […]

Section 16-7-3 – Members Not to Have Financial Interest in Facilities; Removal.

Section 16-7-3 Members not to have financial interest in facilities; removal. (a) No member of the commission shall have any financial interest in any facilities such as the commission is authorized to deal with. (b) Members of the commission may be removed from office upon impeachment on the grounds and in the manner prescribed in […]

Section 16-7-4 – Organization; Officers; Rules and Regulations; Agents.

Section 16-7-4 Organization; officers; rules and regulations; agents. Promptly after their appointment the commissioners shall meet to organize. At such meeting they shall choose from their number a president, a secretary and such other officers as they deem necessary. Thereafter officers shall be elected annually. The commission shall adopt rules regulating the conduct of its […]

Section 16-7-5 – Duties.

Section 16-7-5 Duties. The commission is organized for the purpose of making the benefits of educational television available to and promoting its use by inhabitants of Alabama, and to this end it is hereby empowered and directed to survey, study and appraise the need for an overall plan for the use of television facilities available […]

Section 16-7-6 – Contracts; Acceptance of Gifts.

Section 16-7-6 Contracts; acceptance of gifts. The commission is hereby authorized to execute all contracts and other instruments necessary and convenient to carry out the mandates of this chapter. It may accept gifts or grants of money or property, real or personal, and voluntary and uncompensated services from any person, federal or other governmental agency, […]