The following terms as used in this article shall have the following meanings:
(1) BOARD. Any county board of education and any city board of education.
(2) COSTS. When used with reference to or in connection with any public school facility or any portion thereof, all or any part of the costs of acquiring, constructing, altering, enlarging, extending, reconstructing, or remodeling such facility, including (i) the costs of all lands, structures, real or personal property, rights, rights-of-way, franchises, easements, permits, licenses and interests acquired or used for, in connection with or with respect to such public school facility; (ii) the costs of demolishing or removing any buildings or structures on land so acquired, including the costs of acquiring land to which such buildings or structures may be moved; (iii) the costs of all machinery, equipment, furniture, furnishings, fixtures, and tangible and intangible personal property acquired or used for, in connection with or with respect to such public school facility; and (iv) the costs of architectural, engineering, financial, and legal services incurred in connection with the acquisition or construction of all or any part of such public school facility and the financing thereof, including the expenses of preparing plans, specifications, surveys, and studies to determine the financial or engineering feasibility of such public school facility.
(3) PUBLIC PERSON. Any agency, board, commission, department, instrumentality, or corporation of the State of Alabama, any county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the State of Alabama, and any public authority, board, or corporation created by any county or municipality or of which any county or municipality is a member.
(4) PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES. All tangible and intangible property and interests in property, whether real, personal or mixed, used or useful for educational and public school purposes and related purposes, including without limitation land and rights or interests in land, school buildings and playgrounds, classrooms, libraries, auditoriums, gymnasiums, recreational and sport facilities, stadiums, arenas, facilities for the performing arts, offices, school buses, buildings for housing and repairing school buses, cafeterias and dining facilities, laboratories, office facilities, equipment, furniture and fixtures, telecommunication facilities, heating and cooling facilities, and related property.
(5) REFUNDABLE DEBT. With respect to any board, (i) any valid indebtedness of such board evidenced by warrants issued pursuant to the provisions of this article, and (ii) any valid indebtedness or obligations of such board issued pursuant to any provision of law other than this article, and (iii) any valid indebtedness or obligations of such board incurred pursuant to any agreement (including without limitation a funding agreement or lease agreement) by such board and a public person whereunder such board shall make payments (including without limitation rental payments) to such public person to enable such public person to pay valid indebtedness or obligations thereof incurred for the benefit of such board, and (iv) any valid indebtedness or obligations of any public person incurred on behalf, or for the benefit, of such board.
(6) STATE SUPERINTENDENT. The State Superintendent of Education and any successor to the functions thereof.
(7) WARRANTS. The warrants authorized to be issued by a board pursuant to this article.
Last modified: May 3, 2021