Developmental plans.

The authority is authorized to do all of the following:

(1) Investigate the resources of the Tom Bevill Reservoir Management Area and determine the requirements for its full development and for control and development of its stream system as an integral part of the economy of the area.

(2) Develop and carry out a unified, comprehensive program of resource development designed to encourage and assist the economic growth of the area, which program shall not be inconsistent with official programs for statewide economic development.

(3) Provide for the construction of water control structures, channel improvements, and other facilities for water conservation and supply, industrial development, navigation, drainage, irrigation, recreation, and related purposes, as a part of comprehensive plans.

(4) Arrange with the state and with any city, county, municipality, or supplier of utilities, for the abandonment, relocation, or other adjustments of roads, highways, bridges, and utility lines.

(5) In making investigations and in formulating and executing development plans, seek and utilize the assistance of appropriate federal, state, and local agencies and of private citizens and citizen organizations and in aid of such activities, accept loans, grants, or other assistance from federal, state, and local governments or from agencies of such governments, and make contracts and execute instruments containing such terms, provisions, and conditions as the board in its discretion deems to be necessary, proper, or advisable for the purpose of obtaining such loans, grants, or other assistance.

(Act 91-277, p. 517, §7.)