Alabama 2022 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB201 Compare Versions

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1	1	1 SB201
2	2	2 215794-1
3	3	3 By Senator Hatcher (N & P)
4	4	4 RFD: Local Legislation
5	5	5 First Read: 09-FEB-22
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7	7	Page 0 1 215794-1:n:12/02/2021:FC/ma LSA2021-2459
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15	15	9 A BILL
16	16	10 TO BE ENTITLED
17	17	11 AN ACT
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19	19	13 Relating to any Class 3 municipality organized under
20	20	14 Act 618 of the 1973 Regular Session (Acts 1973, p. 879); to
21	21	15 amend Section 7 of Act 283 of the 1971 Third Special Session
22	22	16 (Acts 1971, p. 4557), authorizing the incorporation of an
23	23	17 airport authority in any municipality having a population of
24	24	18 not less than 70,000 nor more than 135,000 inhabitants
25	25	19 according to the 1970 Federal decennial census; to provide for
26	26	20 the appointment of the members of the board of directors by
27	27	21 the mayor of the authorizing municipality.
28	28	22 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
29	29	23 Section 1. This act shall apply to any Class 3
30	30	24 municipality organized under Act 618 of the 1973 Regular
31	31	25 Session (Acts 1973, p. 879).
32	32	Page 1 1 Section 2. Section 7 of Act 283 of the 1971 Third
33	33	2 Special Session (Acts 1971, p. 4557), is amended to read as
34	34	3 follows:
35	35	4 "Section 7. Board of Directors.
36	36	5 "(a) Each authority shall be governed by a board of
37	37	6 directors. All powers of the authority shall be exercised by
38	38	7 the board or pursuant to its authorization. The board shall
39	39	8 consist of five directors, who shall be elected by the
40	40	9 governing body of the authorizing municipality for staggered
41	41	10 terms as hereinafter provided and as specified by the
42	42	11 governing body of the authorizing municipality. The initial
43	43	12 terms of office of two such directors shall begin immediately
44	44	13 upon their respective elections and shall end at 12:01
45	45	14 o'clock, A.M. a.m., on the second anniversary date of the
46	46	15 filing for record of the certificate of incorporation of the
47	47	16 Authority. The initial terms of office of three such directors
48	48	17 shall begin immediately upon their respective elections and
49	49	18 shall end at 12:01 o'clock, A.M. a.m., on the fourth
50	50	19 anniversary date of the filing for record of the certificate
51	51	20 of incorporation of the Authority authority. Thereafter, the
52	52	21 term of office of each such director shall be four years. If
53	53	22 at any time there should be is a vacancy on the board, a
54	54	23 successor director to serve for the unexpired term applicable
55	55	24 to such the vacancy shall be elected by the governing body of
56	56	25 the authorizing municipality. Each election of a director,
57	57	26 whether for a full four year term or to complete an unexpired
58	58	27 term, shall be made not earlier than thirty days prior to the
59	59	Page 2 1 date on which such the director is to take office as such.
60	60	2 Each director must be a duly qualified elector of the
61	61	3 authorizing municipality. Directors shall be eligible for
62	62	4 re-election. Each director shall be reimbursed for expenses
63	63	5 actually incurred by him or her in and about the performance
64	64	6 of his or her duties. If the certificate of incorporation so
65	65	7 provides, each director except the chairman chair of the board
66	66	8 shall be compensated in an additional amount not to exceed $10
67	67	9 ten dollars ($10) per meeting attended but not to exceed $250
68	68	10 two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per year. The chairman shall
69	69	11 chair, if said the certificate so provides, shall be
70	70	12 compensated in an additional amount not to exceed $500 five
71	71	13 hundred dollars ($500) per year. Any director of the Authority
72	72	14 authority may be impeached and removed from office in the same
73	73	15 manner and on the same grounds provided by Section 175 of the
74	74	16 Constitution of Alabama 1901, and the general laws of the
75	75	17 state for impeachment and removal of the officers mentioned in
76	76	18 said Section 175.
77	77	19 "(b) After the effective date of the act adding this
78	78	20 subsection, upon the expiration or prospective expiration of
79	79	21 the term of any member of the authority, each member of the
80	80	22 board of directors shall be appointed by the mayor of the
81	81	23 authorizing municipality subject to confirmation by the
82	82	24 governing body of the authorizing municipality. The governing
83	83	25 body of the municipality shall act upon the nomination for
84	84	26 appointment by the mayor within two weeks of submission to the
85	85	27 governing body. In the event the governing body rejects two
86	86	Page 3 1 nominees, the third person appointed by the mayor shall be
87	87	2 effective without confirmation by the municipal governing
88	88	3 body."
89	89	4 Section 3. This act shall become effective
90	90	5 immediately following its passage and approval by the
91	91	6 Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.
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