Section 45-37-90 Applicability. This part shall apply to every county of the state having a population of more than 500,000 according to the last or any subsequent federal census, and to no other county. (Acts 1965, No. 547, p. 797, §1.)
Section 45-37-90.01 Definitions. (a) The words and terms defined in this section shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them herein unless it is apparent from the context that a different meaning is intended: (1) AUTHORITY. The civic center authority created by this part. (2) COUNTY. Any county to which this part applies. (3) COUNTY […]
Section 45-37-90.02 Legislative findings. (a) The Legislature has found and determined that in any county having a population of 500,000 or more the following conditions exist: (1) That there is a great metropolitan area extending over a substantial portion of the territory lying within the boundaries of the county. (2) That in the county there […]
Section 45-37-90.03 Civic Center Authority – Creation; composition. (a) There is established in the county a public corporation for the purposes hereinafter specified, which corporation shall be vested with the powers conferred upon it by this part. The public corporation is at times hereinafter referred to as the authority. (b) Subject to the conditions and […]
Section 45-37-90.04 Civic Center Authority – Powers; officers; contracts; conflicts of interest. (a) The power of the authority shall be vested in and exercised by a majority of the members of the board of directors. The board may delegate to one or more of its members or its officers, agents, and employees such duties as […]
Section 45-37-90.05 Civic Center Authority – Location; powers; development plan; investment of funds. (a) The authority shall be authorized to construct, maintain, control, operate, and manage a civic center in the county seat within the following described area: Beginning at the intersection of Thirteenth Avenue North and Twenty-sixth Street North (Carraway Boulevard); thence Southerly along […]
Section 45-37-90.06 Civic Center Authority – Revenue bonds. (a) Subject to the conditions, qualifications, and restrictions set forth in subsection (e), the authority shall have the power to borrow money and to issue revenue bonds as evidence of money so borrowed, which bonds shall be payable solely from taxes made payable to the authority by […]
Section 45-37-90.07 Collection of fees and charges. (a) The Legislature hereby makes the following findings: (1) Amendment 280 to the Constitution of Alabama 1901, provides that no tax levied by the state or any municipality or county of the state shall apply to the authority, unless such tax applies to the county and to the […]
Section 45-37-90.08 Authority to borrow money; promissory notes. Each civic center authority heretofore or hereafter incorporated in any county having a population of more than 500,000, according to the last or any subsequent federal census, pursuant to Sections 45-37-90 to 45-37-90.07, inclusive, is hereby granted the power and authority, in addition to the power and […]
