Section 11-49B-3
Filing of application; authorization of incorporation by governing body of authorizing county.
(a) A public corporation may be organized pursuant to this chapter in any Class 1 municipality. Not less than three natural persons may incorporate a public corporation by filing a written application with the governing body of the county and with the governing body of the Class 1 municipality, which application shall:
(1) Contain a statement that the authority proposes to render public transportation service in the Class 1 municipality and surrounding counties.
(2) State the proposed location of the principal office of the authority, which shall be within the county in which the application is filed.
(3) State that each of the applicants is a duly qualified elector of the county where the application is filed.
(4) Request that the governing body adopt a resolution declaring that it is wise, expedient, and necessary that the proposed authority be formed and authorizing the applicants to proceed to form the proposed authority by the filing for record of a certificate of incorporation pursuant to Section 11-49B-4.
(b) The applications shall, except in their designation of the governing body to which they are addressed and with which they are filed, be identical, and shall be accompanied by any supporting documents or evidence that the applicants consider appropriate. As promptly as may be practicable after the filing of the applications with them in accordance with the provisions of this section, the governing bodies of the county and the municipality with which the application was filed shall review the contents of the application and shall adopt resolutions either:
(1) Denying the application.
(2) Declaring that it is wise, expedient, and necessary that the proposed authority be formed and authorizing the applicants to proceed to form the proposed authority by the filing for record of a certificate of incorporation under Section 11-49B-4.
(c) Each governing body with which an application is filed shall also cause a copy of the application to be spread upon or otherwise made a part of the minutes of the meeting of the governing body at which final action upon the application is taken.
(Acts 1997, No. 97-678, p. 1308, §3.)