Code of Alabama - Title 16: Education - Chapter 54 - University of Montevallo

• Section 16-54-1 Name; powers generally
  The school heretofore established at Montevallo as the Alabama Girls' Industrial School, subsequently known as and called the Alabama Girls' Technical Institute, later known as...
• Section 16-54-2 Board of trustees
  The University of Montevallo shall be governed by a board of trustees composed of the Governor, who shall be president, ex officio, the Superintendent of...
• Section 16-54-3 Purpose; mission
  The University of Montevallo is established generally for the purpose of giving therein instructions in the liberal arts and sciences and in technical and professional...
• Section 16-54-4 Degrees and diplomas
  On the advice of the faculty, and with the approval of the trustees, the president may grant and confer diplomas, certificates or degrees (including honorary...
• Section 16-54-5 President
  The trustees shall elect a president for a term to be fixed by them, who shall not be removed during the term for which he...
• Section 16-54-6 Faculty and staff
  The president, with the advice and consent of the trustees, shall appoint and fix the compensation for all faculty, including professors, associate professors, assistant professors,...
• Section 16-54-7 Secretary of trustees and university
  The trustees of the university shall elect a secretary, who shall hold office for the term and receive such compensation as may be fixed by...
• Section 16-54-8 Treasurer - Generally; bond
  The trustees shall elect a treasurer, who shall not be a trustee, who shall receive, hold and pay out all moneys belonging to the university...
• Section 16-54-9 Treasurer - Removal
  Whenever the funds in the hands of the treasurer or funds about to be received by the office are in danger of being lost, the...
• Section 16-54-10 Records of transactions required
  The secretary, the treasurer and all other officers, agents or servants of the university who are required to keep, use or dispose of any property...
• Section 16-54-11 Who may be admitted
  Any person residing in Alabama, of good character, good health and of sufficient physical and mental development to support the assumption of success in his...
• Section 16-54-12 Property exempt from taxes; employees exempt from town license taxes
  The property of the university, of every kind and description, shall forever be exempt from all taxes, municipal, county or state, and from all local...
• Section 16-54-13 Student assistants
  As far as may be practicable, students in the university may be employed in giving assistance in any department of work of the university to...
• Section 16-54-13.1 Employment, powers, and duties of university police officers
  (a) The President of the University of Montevallo, with the approval of the board of trustees, is hereby authorized to appoint and employ suitable persons...
• Section 16-54-13.2 Enforcement of fire protection and prevention laws, etc., by Fire Marshal
  (a) The State Fire Marshal shall have exclusive authority to enforce laws, regulations, and ordinances of the state as specified in Section 36-19-2, at the...
• Section 16-54-14 Grants and rights preserved
  All rights of property and action which may have accrued to the university before October 1, 1927 are confirmed and preserved, including the right to...
• Section 16-54-15 Condemnation of lands or interests therein
  Whenever the University of Montevallo needs any land or interest therein near the university for its purposes, and the owner thereof is a minor or...
• Section 16-54-16 Lease or disposal of lands, including lands received by federal grant; proceeds to be paid into restricted endowment
  The lands now owned by the University of Montevallo or granted by the United States or by the Congress of the United States to the...
• Section 16-54-17 Disposition of proceeds and income from sale or lease of nonfederally granted lands
  Unless otherwise restricted, the proceeds of all nonfederally granted lands sold or leased by the University of Montevallo, or income therefrom, shall be paid to...
• Section 16-54-18 Fund previously generated by proceeds from lands dedicated to university to be deposited in Restricted Endowment Fund; provisions for payment of remaining principal over five-year-period; interest to be paid
  On May 19, 1980, the Treasurer of the state shall pay to the Treasurer of the University of Montevallo the whole amount of the fund...

Last modified: May 3, 2021