Alabama § 22-29-20 Grants to Local Public Bodies - Plan or Program

Alabama Statutes

§ 22-29-20 — Grants to Local Public Bodies - Plan or Program

Alabama § 22-29-20

Title 22Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control

Ch. 29Pollution Control Finance Authority

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Ala. Code § 22-29-20 (2026).

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The plan or program for funding the grant by the authority to a local public body for a project may be any one or more of the following, as shall be approved by the authority:

(1)An appropriation by the state.

(2)A grant by a corporation, foundation, fund or agency, public or private, to the state for the purpose of abating water pollution or assisting local public bodies with their projects; provided, that the state shall not receive any grant from a local public body which has received or is to receive a grant for its project from the state.

(3)The undertaking by the local public body to levy, collect and pay over to the authority and to continue to levy, collect and pay over to the authority sums sufficient to pay bond service charges with respect to the bonds of the authority issued

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The plan or program for funding the grant by the authority to a local public body for a project may be any one or more of the following, as shall be approved by the authority:
(1) An appropriation by the state.
(2) A grant by a corporation, foundation, fund or agency, public or private, to the state for the purpose of abating water pollution or assisting local public bodies with their projects; provided, that the state shall not receive any grant from a local public body which has received or is to receive a grant for its project from the state.
(3) The undertaking by the local public body to levy, collect and pay over to the authority and to continue to levy, collect and pay over to the authority sums sufficient to pay bond service charges with respect to the bonds of the authority issued to fund a grant for such project the proceeds of any one or more of the following:
a. Any sewer or waste disposal service fee or charge;
b. Any privilege or license tax;
c. Any special assessment on the property drained, served or benefited by the project.
The undertaking of the local public body may be payable solely from, and limited to, one or more of the sources specified in paragraphs a, b or c of this subdivision, or it may be a general obligation of the local public body additionally secured by a pledge of one or more of such sources.
(4) The levy and collection by the local public body of fees and charges, in addition to all other fees and charges for the use of the sewer system, disposal facilities or project of such local public body equal to 125 percent of the maximum principal and interest maturing or coming due in any one year on the bonds to be issued by the authority to fund a grant for such project and the payment of the proceeds of such fees and charges, less a charge of not exceeding five percent to the local public body or its agent for the expense of collecting such fees and charges, shall be paid as collected to the State Treasurer for the account of the bonds issued by the authority to fund the grant for such project; provided, that any moneys over and above those required for the payment of bond service charges in respect of the bonds of the authority issued to fund the grant for such project shall, on application of the local public body, be refunded by the authority to the local public body as an additional grant.