Powers and duties.

The commission created by an ordinance enacted pursuant to this part shall be authorized to:

(1) Preserve and protect buildings, structures, and sites of historic and architectural value in the historic districts designated pursuant to that ordinance;

(2) Prepare a survey of all property within the territorial jurisdiction of Tuscumbia;

(3) Recommend to Tuscumbia buildings, structures, sites, and districts for designation as historic properties of districts;

(4) Restore and preserve any historic properties acquired by Tuscumbia or acquired by the commission;

(5) Promote acquisition of facade and conservation easements by Tuscumbia or by the commission;

(6) Develop and conduct educational programs on historic projects and districts designated pursuant to the ordinance and on historic preservation subjects;

(7) Make such investigations and studies of matters relating to historic preservation as Tuscumbia or the commission deems necessary and appropriate for the purposes of this part;

(8) Apply for funds to carry out the purposes and responsibilities of the commission from municipal, county, state, federal, and private agencies and sources;

(9) Purchase, sell, contract to purchase, contract to sell, own, encumber, lease, mortgage, and insure real and personal property in carrying out the purposes and responsibilities of the commission;

(10) Investigate, survey, and process nominations of properties to the National Register of Historic Places;

(11) Investigate, survey, and process applications for certification of historic properties for tax credits for preservation expenditures;

(12) Contract with other municipal, county, state, federal, and private agencies and organizations to perform historic preservation-related functions;

(13) Exercise such further powers as the commission may deem reasonably necessary and proper to carry out the purposes, responsibilities, and powers of the commission.

(Act 89-958, p. 1887, §5.)