Each authorizing resolution or an indenture of trust provided for therein shall contain a recital that the bonds therein authorized are issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, which recital shall be conclusive evidence that said bonds have been duly authorized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law now in force or hereafter enacted or amended. Upon the passage of any authorizing resolution, the authority may, in its discretion, cause to be published once in each of two consecutive weeks in a newspaper published and having general circulation in the City of Montgomery, Alabama, a notice in substantially the following form (the blanks being properly filled in):
"Alabama Pollution Control Finance Authority, an agency of the State of Alabama, on the _____ day of _____, 20__, adopted a resolution providing for the issuance of $_____ principal amount of bonds of the authority. Any action or proceedings questioning the validity of said resolution or said bonds, or the pledges and agreements made in said resolution for the benefit thereof, or the proceedings under which said bonds, pledges and agreements were authorized must be commenced within 20 days after the first publication of this notice.
| Alabama Pollution Control Finance Authority |
| By _____ |
| Its President (or Vice-President)" |
Any action or proceeding in any court seeking to set aside or invalidate any authorizing resolution, or to contest the validity of any bonds therein authorized, or the validity of any pledge or agreement made therefor must be commenced within 20 days after the first publication of such notice. After the expiration of 20 days following such first publication, no right of action or defense founded upon the lack of validity of the authorizing resolution, indenture of trust therein provided for or other proceedings or of the bonds or of the pledges or agreements shall be asserted. In the event of such publication, the validity of such authorizing resolution, indenture of trust, proceedings, bonds, pledges or agreements shall not be open to question in any court upon any ground whatsoever, except in an action or proceeding commenced within such period. Any such action and any action to protect or enforce any rights under the provisions of this chapter shall be brought in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Alabama.
Last modified: May 3, 2021