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Terms Used In Alabama Code 16-55-6

  • Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • writing: includes typewriting and printing on paper. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • year: means a calendar year; but, whenever the word "year" is used in reference to any appropriations for the payment of money out of the treasury, it shall mean fiscal year. See Alabama Code 1-1-1

Seven members of the board of trustees shall constitute a quorum, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day until a quorum is present. The board shall hold a regular annual meeting each year at the university on the first Monday in June, unless the board, in regular session, shall determine to hold its meeting at some other time and place. Special meetings of the board may be assembled by either one of the two methods outlined as follows: Special meetings may be called by the chair pro tempore of the board or the Governor by written notice mailed to each trustee at least 10 days in advance of the date of the meeting; and a special meeting shall be called by the chair pro tempore or the Governor upon application in writing of any three or more members of the board. No special meeting shall be held on a date less than 10 days subsequent to the date of the chair pro tempore’s or the Governor’s notice of the meeting, except in case of emergency, which the chair pro tempore or the Governor shall specify in his or her notice to the trustees.