A public corporation may be organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter in any county or municipality. In order to incorporate such a public corporation, any number of natural persons, not less than three, who are duly qualified electors of the determining county or the determining municipality, as in the case may be applicable, shall first file a written application with the governing body of such county or municipality, which application shall:

(1) Contain a statement that the applicants propose to incorporate a corporation pursuant to the provisions of this chapter;

Terms Used In Alabama Code 11-97-3

  • 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.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(2) State the proposed location of the principal office of the corporation;
(3) State that each of the applicants is a duly qualified elector of the county or the municipality with whose governing body such application is filed; and
(4) Request that the governing body of such county or municipality adopt a resolution declaring that it is wise, expedient, necessary, or advisable that the proposed corporation be formed and authorizing the applicants to proceed to form the proposed corporation by the filing for record of a certificate of incorporation in accordance with the provisions of Section 11-97-4.

Every such application shall be accompanied by such supporting documents or evidence as the applicants may consider appropriate. As promptly as may be practicable after the filing of the application with it in accordance with the provisions of this section, the governing body of the county or the municipality with which the application was filed shall review the contents of the application, and shall adopt a resolution either denying the application or declaring that it is wise, expedient, necessary, or advisable that the proposed corporation be formed and authorizing the applicants to proceed to form the proposed corporation by the filing for record of a certificate of incorporation in accordance with the provisions of Section 11-97-4. The governing body with which the application is filed shall also cause a copy of the application to be spread upon or otherwise made a part of the minutes of the meeting of such governing body at which final action upon said application is taken.

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