This text of Alabama § 11-54A-6 (Amendments to Certificate of Incorporation; Procedure) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Alabama primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
The certificate of incorporation of the authority incorporated under the provisions of this chapter may at any time and from time to time be amended in the manner provided in this section. The board shall first adopt a resolution proposing an amendment to the certificate of incorporation which shall be set forth in full in the said resolution and which amendment may include any matters which might have been included in the original certificate of incorporation.
After the adoption by the board of a resolution proposing an amendment to the certificate of incorporation of the authority, the chairman of the board and the secretary of the authority shall sign and file a written application in the name of and on behalf of the authority, under its seal, with the governing body of the city, reques
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The certificate of incorporation of the authority incorporated under the provisions of this chapter may at any time and from time to time be amended in the manner provided in this section. The board shall first adopt a resolution proposing an amendment to the certificate of incorporation which shall be set forth in full in the said resolution and which amendment may include any matters which might have been included in the original certificate of incorporation.
After the adoption by the board of a resolution proposing an amendment to the certificate of incorporation of the authority, the chairman of the board and the secretary of the authority shall sign and file a written application in the name of and on behalf of the authority, under its seal, with the governing body of the city, requesting such governing body to adopt a resolution approving the proposed amendment, and accompanied by a certified copy of the said resolution adopted by the board proposing the said amendment to the certificate of incorporation, together with such documents in support of the application as the said chairman may consider appropriate. As promptly as may be practicable after the filing of the said application with the governing body of the city pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this section, that governing body shall review the said application and shall adopt a resolution either denying the said application or authorizing the proposed amendment. Such governing body shall also cause a copy of the said application and all accompanying documents to be spread upon or otherwise made a part of the minutes of the meeting of said governing body at which final action upon the said application is taken.
Within 40 days following the adoption by the governing body of the city of a resolution approving the proposed amendment the chairman of the board of the authority and the secretary of the authority shall sign, and file for record in the office of the judge of probate of the county of incorporation a certificate in the name of and in behalf of the authority under its seal reciting the adoption of said respective resolutions by the board and by the said governing body and setting forth the said proposed amendment. The judge of probate for such county shall thereupon record such certificate in an appropriate book in his office. When such certificate has been so filed and recorded, such amendment shall become effective and the certificate of incorporation shall thereupon be amended to the extent provided in the amendment. No certificate of incorporation of the authority shall be amended except in the manner provided in this section.