Code of Alabama - Title 31: Military Affairs and Civil Defense - Chapter 4 - Armory Commission

• Section 31-4-1 Composition; chairman; term of office of appointed members
  The Governor of Alabama, the Adjutant General of Alabama, the Attorney General of Alabama, the two highest ranking Army National Guard officers, and the highest...
• Section 31-4-2 Procedure for incorporation
  The Armory Commission may, by filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Alabama, become a public body and a body corporate when...
• Section 31-4-3 Powers and duties generally; compensation of members; meetings; quorum; delegation of powers and duties to executive committee
  The commission may in its corporate name sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, acquire real and personal property by gift, purchase, lease,...
• Section 31-4-4 Bond for care, etc., of arms, equipment, etc., of United States reserve units of state colleges, etc
  In addition to the powers now conferred by law, the Armory Commission of Alabama is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver a bond,...
• Section 31-4-5 Financing or refinancing of armories, etc
  The Armory Commission of Alabama is hereby authorized, in addition to all other powers and authority granted herein, to finance or refinance any armory buildings...
• Section 31-4-6 Use of military appropriations for payment of expenses or obligations of commission
  The Governor of Alabama is hereby authorized to use, in his discretion, any part of any appropriation or contingent appropriation heretofore or hereafter made for...
• Section 31-4-7 Provision, etc., of armories, etc., for housing, instruction, etc., of National Guard, Naval Militia, etc
  The Armory Commission of Alabama shall provide adequate armories, buildings, equipment, furniture, target ranges, and other necessary facilities for the proper housing, instruction, training, and...
• Section 31-4-9 Cooperation of counties and municipalities for acquisition of buildings, etc., suitable for use as public buildings and armories
  The governing body of any county and the governing body of any city or incorporated town wherein a unit or units of the Alabama National...
• Section 31-4-8 Acquisition, construction, etc., of armories, grounds, etc
  The Armory Commission may, either alone or in cooperation with the United States or political subdivisions of the state, such as counties, cities, or incorporated...
• Section 31-4-10 Exercise of power of condemnation
  The power of condemnation granted in this chapter to the Armory Commission of Alabama, and to counties, cities, and incorporated towns, shall be exercised in...
• Section 31-4-11 Conveyance by counties or municipalities of public lands to commission for use as armory sites
  Any municipality or county owning lands on which no permanent building has been actually constructed, whether such lands constitute part of a park or site...
• Section 31-4-12 Property used for armory and training purposes exempt from taxation, etc
  All property actually used for armory and military training purposes, as defined in this chapter, shall be exempt from all taxation, import, or assessment.
• Section 31-4-13 Approval, inspection and supervision of armory construction by State Building Commission
  Whenever any new armory construction is to be made by the Armory Commission of Alabama out of any state moneys without federal aid, the Armory...
• Section 31-4-14 Use and disposition of armories generally
  Whenever in the opinion of the Armory Commission it is practicable to do so, each armory of the National Guard or Naval Militia shall contain...
• Section 31-4-15 Management and care of armories; armory boards or officers of control
  The Armory Commission shall also constitute a board for the general management and care of armories and drill and training areas, when established, and shall...
• Section 31-4-16 Sale or lease of armories
  When the State Armory Commission shall receive information from the Governor of the disbandment of an organization of the National Guard or Naval Militia of...
• Section 31-4-17 City and county donations, etc., for aid of local National Guard or Naval Militia organizations
  Every city and county in the State of Alabama now having, or that may hereafter have, an active National Guard or Naval Militia organization or...
• Section 31-4-18 Reversion of donations
  In the event that any real property is donated to a National Guard or Naval Militia organization or organizations, which organization or organizations shall fail...
• Section 31-4-19 Disbursement of regular military appropriations for maintenance of armories, etc
  In order that there shall be provided maintenance funds for amories and other buildings erected and areas provided for drill and training and other military...

Last modified: May 3, 2021