HB381 Alabama 2023 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Kelvin LawrenceRepresentative

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2023

Title

Relating to redevelopment authorities; to amend Section 11-54A-7, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for the qualifications for directors.

Summary

HB381 lets redevelopment authority board members be either city voters or property owners in the redevelopment district, with a requirement that at least 75% of directors be city voters.

What This Bill Does

It amends the rules for who can serve on redevelopment authority boards to include property owners within the redevelopment district as an eligible qualification, in addition to being a qualified city elector. It requires that at least 75% of board members be qualified electors of the city. It also maintains provisions about reelection, expense reimbursement, and impeachment/removal, and it preserves the existing structure for how terms, elections, vacancies, and governance work. The act becomes effective on the first day of the third month after it is passed and approved.

Who It Affects

• Redevelopment authority board members: now may be either qualified city electors or property owners within the redevelopment district; subject to a 75% city-elector requirement and ongoing reelection eligibility.
• City electors and redevelopment district property owners: their roles and eligibility influence who can serve on the board, and the city governing body continues to elect directors under the revised qualifications.

Key Provisions

• A director may be a duly qualified elector of the city or own property within the redevelopment district as defined by the city.
• At least 75 percent of the board members must be duly qualified electors of the city.
• Directors are eligible for reelection and must be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in performing duties.
• Directors may be impeached and removed under the same grounds and process as outlined in Alabama constitutional and state law.
• The act preserves the board structure with terms, elections by the city governing body, vacancy procedures, and initial term lengths (2, 4, and 6 years for the first group, then 6-year terms thereafter).
• Effective date: the first day of the third month after passage and approval by the Governor.

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Subjects

Redevelopment authority board of directors, alternative qualification for board members.