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Terms Used In Alabama Code 2-6-83

  • circuit: means judicial circuit. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1

Upon the adoption by the board of directors of the corporation of any resolution providing for the issuance of securities under the provisions of this article, the corporation may, in its discretion, cause to be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper published and having general circulation in the City of Montgomery, a notice in substantially the following form (the blanks being first properly completed):

“The Alabama Agricultural Markets and Coliseum Corporation (an instrumentality of the State of Alabama), on the _____ day of ______, authorized the issuance of $_____ principal amount of securities of the said corporation for purposes authorized in the act of the Legislature of Alabama under which said corporation was organized. Any action or proceeding questioning the validity of the said securities or the pledge of security made therefor or the proceedings under which the said securities and pledge are authorized must be commenced within 20 days after the first publication of this notice.

ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL MARKETS AND COLISEUM CORPORATION

By _______________________________

Its President”

Any civil action or proceeding in any court to set aside the proceedings for the issuance of securities under the provisions of this article or to contest the validity of any such securities or the validity of the pledge made therefor must be commenced within 20 days after the first publication of the said notice. After the expiration of the said period, no right of action or defense founded upon the validity of the said proceedings or of the said securities or pledge shall be asserted nor shall the validity of the said proceedings, securities or pledge be open to question in any court on any ground whatsoever except in a civil action commenced within such period. Any such civil action or any civil action to protect or enforce any rights under the provisions of this article shall be brought in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County.