Section 41-10-458.1 - Definitions; additional authorization(a) Definitions. The following terms, whenever used in Act 98-245, shall have the following respective meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) "Authority" means Alabama Building Renovation Finance Authority established pursuant to the 1990 Act.(2) "Bonds" (except where that word is used with reference to bonds issued under another act) means those bonds authorized to be issued pursuant to the authorization contained in Act 98-245.(3) "1990 Act" means Act No. 90-602 enacted at the 1990 Regular Session of the Legislature of Alabama, codified as Article 14 of Chapter 10 of Title 41.(b) In addition to those bonds authorized to be issued by the authority pursuant to the 1990 Act, the authority is hereby authorized to sell and issue its bonds in the aggregate principal amount of twelve million dollars ($12,000,000) for the purpose of constructing and equipping a new west wing for the Alabama Memorial Building, commonly known as the Archives Building, for lease by the authority pursuant to the 1990 Act, paying the costs of such renovation and reconstruction of the existing said building as shall be necessary or convenient in connection with the construction and equipment of said wing, and paying the costs of issuance of the bonds. The bonds shall be solely and exclusively obligations of the authority, shall not create an obligation or debt of the State of Alabama, shall have the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments subject to registration provisions pertaining to transfers and shall be secured, approved, executed, sealed, attested, sold and delivered as and in the manner provided in the 1990 Act for the bonds described therein, with such changes in detail as shall be necessary in connection with the bonds. Income from the bonds shall be forever exempt from any and all taxation in the State of Alabama. The proceeds of the bonds shall be temporarily invested prior to use for the purpose hereinabove provided, as provided for in the 1990 Act in respect of the proceeds of bonds as described therein. In respect of the bonds, the authority shall have all powers necessary to make such payments to the United States of America as the authority deems necessary to cause the interest on any bonds of the authority to be and remain exempt from federal income taxation. The authority shall have the power to make agreements respecting the investment of funds of the authority necessary in order that the interest income on the bonds shall be and remain exempt from federal income taxation.Ala. Code § 41-10-458.1 (1975)
Act 98-245, p. 404, §§1, 11.