Alabama Code 11-40-19. Operation of hotel and related facilities by Class 1 municipalities and certain public corporations – Requirements
In addition to all other powers heretofore granted by law, any Class 1 municipality that owns a civic center, or any public corporation that owns a civic center located within a Class 1 municipality, shall have the power to own and operate a hotel, together with any related restaurants, meeting rooms and other facilities and services commonly provided by hotels, subject to the requirements that (i) such hotel and such restaurants and other facilities are located within, or are located on a tract of land contiguous to, the area designated for civic center purposes by the governing body of the municipality in which such civic center is located, (ii) such hotel is of sufficient size and quality to accommodate persons attending conventions held at such civic center, and (iii) if such hotel is to be owned or operated by the Class 1 municipality, and if there is at the time a public corporation in existence that owns a civic center located within such municipality, such municipality shall obtain the approval of the governing body of such public corporation and the approval of the governing body of the county in which all or the largest part of the area of such municipality is located as conditions precedent to the ownership or operation of such hotel by such municipality, such approvals to be evidenced by formal resolutions respectively adopted by the governing bodies of such public corporation and such county. For purposes of clause (i) in the preceding sentence, two tracts of land shall be deemed to be contiguous if such tracts share a common boundary line or perimeter point or if such tracts are separated only by a public street or highway. A hotel shall be deemed to satisfy the requirement set forth in clause (ii) in the first sentence of this paragraph if either of the following two conditions is satisfied:
Terms Used In Alabama Code 11-40-19
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
- preceding: means next before. See Alabama Code 1-1-1