HB242 Alabama 2016 Session

This bill would relate to Class municipalities and would further provide for members of the Youth Athletic Board and for the dissemination of audits of association members

Relating to Class 2 municipalities; to amend Act 83-502 of the 1983 Regular Session (Acts 1983, p. 708), to further provide for the members of the Youth Athletic Board and for the dissemination of the annual audits of association members. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. This act shall relate only to any Class municipality. Section 2. Act No. 83-502 of the 1983 Regular Session (Acts 1983, p. 708), is amended to read as follows: "Section 1. (a) There is hereby created and established the Mobile City Youth Athletic Board, hereinafter referred to as the board. "Each of the below listed associations of such city shall have the authority to name one member on the said board: "(1) Municipal Park Baseball, Inc. "(2) Springhill Forest Hill Youth A.A., Inc. "(3) Southern Little League "(4) Colts Youth Athletic Association "(5) Springhill Baseball, Inc. "(6) Cottage Hill Athletic Association, Inc. "(7) Navco Athletic Association, Inc. "(8) Mims Park Youth Athletic Association, Inc. "(9) Cottage Hill Little League, Inc. "(10) Skycrest Babe Ruth, Inc. "(11) Skyline Little League, Inc. "(12) Ranger Babe Ruth "(13) Trimmier Park Booster Association, Inc. "(14) South Brookley Little League "(15) International Babe Ruth "(16) Loop Youth Athletic Association, Inc. "(17) National Little League "(18) National Babe Ruth "(19) Advanced Babe Ruth "(20) Trinity Gardens Athletic Council "(21) Taylor Park Athletic Committee "(22) Gorgas Park Athletic Committee "(23) Kidd Park Athletic Committee "(24) Carver Park Athletic Committee "(25) Texas Street Little Boys Baseball League Association "(b) There may further be added to the board such other associations as the majority of the board from time to time approve. The composition of the board in effect at the time of the enactment of the act adding this language shall remain. Additional members may be added to the board representing associations admitted after the effective date of this amendatory act. Each association in good standing admitted by the board shall have the authority to name one member to serve on the board. "Section 2. Members of the board shall be appointed from the associations admitted to the Youth Athletic Board. first shall be appointed as follows: the members from Municipal Park Baseball, Inc., Springhill Forest Youth A.A., Inc., Southern Little League, and Colts Youth Athletic Association for a term of one year; the members from Springhill Baseball, Inc., Cottage Hill Athletic Association, Inc., Navco Athletic Association, Mims Park Youth Athletic Association, Inc., and Cottage Hill Little League, Inc., for a term of two years; the members from Skycrest Babe Ruth, Inc., Skyline Little League, Inc., Ranger Babe Ruth, Trimmier Park Booster Association, Inc., and South Brookley Little League for a term of three years; and the members from International Babe Ruth, Loop Youth Athletic Association, Inc., National Little League, National Babe Ruth, and Advanced Babe Ruth for a term of four years. As the terms of members expire, their successors shall be selected for terms of four years each. Vacancies in unexpired terms shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments are made. "Section 3. A chairman chair and a vice-chairman vice chair shall be elected by the board from among its members. In the absence or incapacity of the chairman chair, the vice-chairman vice chair shall serve as chairman chair and may perform such the acts and duties as the chairman chair is authorized to perform. The power of said the board shall be vested in and exercised by a majority of the members of the board then in office. The board shall elect a secretary-treasurer from among its members to act as custodian of all the funds, from whatever source derived, received by said the board, and shall deposit said the monies in a separate interest-bearing checking account or account or accounts in one or more banks or trust companies which are duly qualified and doing business in Mobile County. Members of the board shall not be compensated for their services. "Section 4. The board shall have the power and it shall