Code of Alabama - Title 14: Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities - Chapter 6A - Multi-county Establishment of Regional Jail Authorities

• Article 1 Multi-County Establishment of Regional Jail Authoirty.
• Section 14-6A-1 Establishing or joining regional jail authority
  (a) The county commissions of two or more counties may, by resolution and with the initial consent of their respective sheriffs, establish a regional jail...
• Section 14-6A-2 Powers
  The regional jail authority shall constitute a public body corporate and politic, exercising public and essential governmental functions and having all the powers necessary or...
• Section 14-6A-3 Board of directors
  (a) The regional jail authority shall be governed by a board of directors composed of the following: (1) Two members appointed by the county commission...
• Section 14-6A-4 Facility to serve as county jail; sheriff's authority; employees; duty of superintendent
  (a) After a regional jail facility is operational, the facility shall serve as the county jail for each county participating in the regional jail authority...
• Section 14-6A-5 Governmental entity
  The regional jail authority is a governmental entity as defined by subdivision (1) of Section 11-93-1 and the services it performs are hereby declared to...
• Section 14-6A-6 Scope of authority
  For the purpose of attaining the objectives of this chapter, any county participating in the regional jail authority may, upon terms and with or without...
• Section 14-6A-7 Tax exemptions
  The property and income of the regional jail authority, all bonds issued by the authority, the income from the bonds, conveyances by or to the...
• Section 14-6A-8 Obligations of authority
  All obligations created or assumed and all bonds issued or assumed by the authority shall be solely and exclusively an obligation of the authority and...
• Section 14-6A-9 Dissolution
  At any time when a regional jail authority has no bonds or other obligations outstanding, its board may by affirmative vote of a majority of...
• Article 2 Multi-Municipal Establishment of Regional Jail Authoirty.
• Section 14-6A-30 Establishing or joining regional jail authority
  (a) The municipal council of two or more municipalities, by resolution and with the initial consent of their respective mayors, may establish a regional jail...
• Section 14-6A-31 Powers
  A regional jail authority shall constitute a public body corporate and politic, exercising public and essential governmental functions and having all the powers necessary or...
• Section 14-6A-32 Board of directors
  (a) A regional jail authority shall be governed by a board of directors composed of the following: (1) Two members appointed by the municipal council...
• Section 14-6A-33 Facility to serve as municipal jail; employees; duty of superintendent
  (a) After a regional jail facility is operational, the facility shall serve as the municipal jail for each municipality participating in the regional jail authority....
• Section 14-6A-34 Governmental entity
  A regional jail authority is a governmental entity as defined by subdivision (1) of Section 11-93-1, and the services it performs are hereby declared to...
• Section 14-6A-35 Scope of authority
  For the purpose of attaining the objectives of this article, any municipality participating in a regional jail authority, upon terms, and with or without consideration...
• Section 14-6A-36 Tax exemptions
  The property and income of a regional jail authority, all bonds issued by the authority, the income from the bonds, conveyances by or to the...
• Section 14-6A-37 Obligations of authority
  All obligations created or assumed and all bonds issued or assumed by a regional jail authority shall be solely and exclusively an obligation of the...
• Section 14-6A-38 Dissolution
  At any time when a regional jail authority has no bonds or other obligations outstanding, its board may by affirmative vote of a majority of...
• Section 14-6A-39 Applicability
  Notwithstanding any provision of this article to the contrary, the provisions shall not apply to any Class 1 municipality.

Last modified: May 3, 2021