Section 41-10-170 Creation and purposes. There is hereby created the Historic Blakeley Authority: (1) To establish, develop, operate, promote, protect, preserve, and maintain as a state historic park the lands in Baldwin County, Alabama listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Blakeley site along with reconstructed buildings and all other present and […]
Section 41-10-171 Composition; appointment, terms, vacancies, etc. The authority shall be composed of 21 members as follows: (1) Two representatives of education, one to be appointed by the President of the University of South Alabama for a two-year term and one to be appointed by the Baldwin County Board of Education from among school board […]
Section 41-10-172 Pay, emoluments, and expenses of members of the authority. No member of the authority shall receive any pay or emolument other than his expenses incurred in the discharge of his duties as a member of the authority, which expenses shall be paid in the amounts provided for by the Code of Alabama 1975. […]
Section 41-10-173 Charging, receiving, or obtaining of fees, etc., from the authority by members, employees, etc.; interests held by members, employees, etc., in land, materials, or contracts sold to, made with, etc., the authority. It shall be unlawful for any member of the authority or any employee thereof to charge, receive or obtain, either directly […]
Section 41-10-174 Meetings; quorum; organization and procedure of the authority; official seal; election and terms of office of chairman, vice-chairman, secretary and treasurer; bonding requirements for treasurer. (a) The authority shall hold an annual meeting at Blakeley each September on a day designated by the chairman. Eleven members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction […]
Section 41-10-175 Powers and duties of authority generally. The authority shall constitute a body corporate and shall have, in addition to those set forth specifically in this article, all powers necessary or convenient to effect the purposes for which it has been established under and by the terms of this article, together with all powers […]
Section 41-10-176 Power to take possession under lease, etc., of property within the Blakeley national register site; power to lease, purchase, etc., any property in order to fulfill the purposes of the authority, power to borrow money, issue revenue bonds, and pledge security. (a) The authority is authorized to take possession under a lease or […]
Section 41-10-177 Duty to facilitate exhibition of park and historic site to the public; admission charges; agreements with other groups or organizations relative to management of the park and historic site; authority to accept gratuitous services. (a) The authority shall operate or provide for the operation of the park or historic site hereby provided for […]
Section 41-10-178 Appropriation of public funds and construction and maintenance of roads and other public facilities, etc., for the authority by counties and municipalities. The county commission of any county or governing body of any municipality in this state shall be authorized, by resolution duly adopted and recorded, to appropriate any available public funds not […]
Section 41-10-179 Taxation of income, property, leases, bonds, etc., of the authority. The authority shall have a tax-exempt status, and the properties of the authority and the income therefrom, all lease agreements and contracts made by it, all bonds issued by it and the coupons applicable thereto and the income therefrom and all indentures executed […]
Section 41-10-180 Participation of employees of the authority in insurance programs provided for state employees; payment of contributions for such insurance. (a) All full-time employees of the authority shall be treated as state employees for the purpose of participating in any insurance programs provided for state employees. (b) The authority is hereby authorized and empowered […]
Section 41-10-181 Authority as state agency; control over Blakeley site, historic park, etc.; promulgation, alteration, etc., of rules and regulations concerning preservation, etc., of Blakeley historic site; penalty for violation of rules or regulations; police powers of authority members; designation of deputy police officers. (a) The authority shall be a state agency, and shall have […]
Section 41-10-182 Reaffirmation of charter of Town of Blakeley; recognition as municipality; boundaries; persons recognized as citizens for purposes of electing town officials and conducting town business; authority as governing body of Town of Blakeley. The original charter of the Town of Blakeley by act of the Alabama Legislature in 1818 strengthened by an act […]
