Alabama § 45-8A-20.05 Amendments to Certificate of Incorporation

Alabama Statutes

§ 45-8A-20.05 — Amendments to Certificate of Incorporation

Alabama § 45-8A-20.05

JurisdictionAlabama

Title 45Local Laws

Ch. 8ACalhoun County Municipalities

Art. 2Anniston

Part 1Downtown Development Authority

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Ala. Code § 45-8A-20.05 (2026).

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(a)The certificate of incorporation of the authority incorporated under the provisions of this part 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 resolution and which amendment may include any matters which might have been included in the original certificate of incorporation.

(b)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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(a) The certificate of incorporation of the authority incorporated under the provisions of this part 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 resolution and which amendment may include any matters which might have been included in the original certificate of incorporation.
(b) 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 resolution adopted by the board proposing the amendment to the certificate of incorporation, together with such documents in support of the application as the chairman may consider appropriate. As promptly as may be practicable after the filing of the application with the governing body of the city pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this section, that governing body shall review the application and shall adopt a resolution either denying the application or authorizing the proposed amendment. Such governing body shall also cause a copy of the application and all accompanying documents to be spread upon or otherwise made a part of the minutes of the meeting of the governing body at which final action upon the application is taken.
(c) 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 Calhoun County a certificate in the name of and in behalf of the authority under its seal reciting the adoption of the respective resolutions by the board and by the governing body and setting forth the proposed amendment. The judge of probate for such county shall thereupon record such certificate in an appropriate book in his or her 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.