1 SB201
2 215794-1
3 By Senator Hatcher (N & P)
4 RFD: Local Legislation
5 First Read: 09-FEB-22
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9 A BILL
10 TO BE ENTITLED
11 AN ACT
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13 Relating to any Class 3 municipality organized under
14 Act 618 of the 1973 Regular Session (Acts 1973, p. 879); to
15 amend Section 7 of Act 283 of the 1971 Third Special Session
16 (Acts 1971, p. 4557), authorizing the incorporation of an
17 airport authority in any municipality having a population of
18 not less than 70,000 nor more than 135,000 inhabitants
19 according to the 1970 Federal decennial census; to provide for
20 the appointment of the members of the board of directors by
21 the mayor of the authorizing municipality.
22 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
23 Section 1. This act shall apply to any Class 3
24 municipality organized under Act 618 of the 1973 Regular
25 Session (Acts 1973, p. 879).
Page 1 1 Section 2. Section 7 of Act 283 of the 1971 Third
2 Special Session (Acts 1971, p. 4557), is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 "Section 7. Board of Directors.
5 "(a) Each authority shall be governed by a board of
6 directors. All powers of the authority shall be exercised by
7 the board or pursuant to its authorization. The board shall
8 consist of five directors, who shall be elected by the
9 governing body of the authorizing municipality for staggered
10 terms as hereinafter provided and as specified by the
11 governing body of the authorizing municipality. The initial
12 terms of office of two such directors shall begin immediately
13 upon their respective elections and shall end at 12:01
14 o'clock, A.M. a.m., on the second anniversary date of the
15 filing for record of the certificate of incorporation of the
16 Authority. The initial terms of office of three such directors
17 shall begin immediately upon their respective elections and
18 shall end at 12:01 o'clock, A.M. a.m., on the fourth
19 anniversary date of the filing for record of the certificate
20 of incorporation of the Authority authority. Thereafter, the
21 term of office of each such director shall be four years. If
22 at any time there should be is a vacancy on the board, a
23 successor director to serve for the unexpired term applicable
24 to such the vacancy shall be elected by the governing body of
25 the authorizing municipality. Each election of a director,
26 whether for a full four year term or to complete an unexpired
27 term, shall be made not earlier than thirty days prior to the
Page 2 1 date on which such the director is to take office as such.
2 Each director must be a duly qualified elector of the
3 authorizing municipality. Directors shall be eligible for
4 re-election. Each director shall be reimbursed for expenses
5 actually incurred by him or her in and about the performance
6 of his or her duties. If the certificate of incorporation so
7 provides, each director except the chairman chair of the board
8 shall be compensated in an additional amount not to exceed $10
9 ten dollars ($10) per meeting attended but not to exceed $250
10 two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per year. The chairman shall
11 chair, if said the certificate so provides, shall be
12 compensated in an additional amount not to exceed $500 five
13 hundred dollars ($500) per year. Any director of the Authority
14 authority may be impeached and removed from office in the same
15 manner and on the same grounds provided by Section 175 of the
16 Constitution of Alabama 1901, and the general laws of the
17 state for impeachment and removal of the officers mentioned in
18 said Section 175.
19 "(b) After the effective date of the act adding this
20 subsection, upon the expiration or prospective expiration of
21 the term of any member of the authority, each member of the
22 board of directors shall be appointed by the mayor of the
23 authorizing municipality subject to confirmation by the
24 governing body of the authorizing municipality. The governing
25 body of the municipality shall act upon the nomination for
26 appointment by the mayor within two weeks of submission to the
27 governing body. In the event the governing body rejects two
Page 3 1 nominees, the third person appointed by the mayor shall be
2 effective without confirmation by the municipal governing
3 body."
4 Section 3. This act shall become effective
5 immediately following its passage and approval by the
6 Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.
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