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10A-2A-17.04
Section 10A-2A-17.04 Duties of directors. (a) Each member of the board of directors of a benefit
corporation, when discharging the duties of a director, shall act: (i) in a responsible and
sustainable manner, and (ii) in a manner that pursues the public benefit or benefits identified
in any public benefit provision. (b) In fulfilling the duties under subsection (a), a director
shall consider, to the extent affected, in addition to the interests of stockholders generally,
the separate interests of stakeholders known to be affected by the business of the corporation
including: (1) the employees and work forces of the corporation, its subsidiaries, and its
suppliers; (2) customers; (3) communities or society, including those of each community in
which offices or facilities of the corporation, its subsidiaries, or its suppliers are located;
and (4) the local and global environment. (c) A director of a benefit corporation shall not,
by virtue of the duties imposed by subsections (a) and...
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10A-2A-1.40
Section 10A-2A-1.40 Chapter definitions. Notwithstanding Section 10A-1-1.03, as used in this
chapter, unless otherwise specified or unless the context otherwise requires, the following
terms have the following meanings: (1) AUTHORIZED STOCK means the stock of all classes and
series a corporation or foreign corporation is authorized to issue. (2) BENEFICIAL STOCKHOLDER
means a person who owns the beneficial interest in stock, which is either a record stockholder
or a person on whose behalf shares of stock are registered in the name of an intermediary
or nominee. (3) CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION means the certificate of incorporation described
in Section 10A-2A-2.02, all amendments to the certificate of incorporation, and any other
documents permitted or required to be delivered for filing by a corporation with the Secretary
of State under this chapter or Chapter 1 that modify, amend, supplement, restate, or replace
the certificate of incorporation. After an amendment of the certificate...
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and trust indentures, or either. (17) Exercise the power of eminent domain, except as limited
by state law, except the authority may not acquire, without the consent of the owner, any
transportation system from which public transportation service is currently being furnished.
The authority may not by eminent domain acquire any real property or rights owned or held
by public or private railroads or utilities. (18) Expend funds for the purchase or lease of
materials, equipment, supplies, or other personal property without compliance with
Chapter 16 of Title 41. (19) Appoint, employ, contract with, and provide for the compensation
of, officers, employees, and agents, including, but without limitation to, engineers, attorneys,
management consultants, fiscal advisers, or other consultants without regard to Chapter 16
of Title 41, or any law establishing a civil service or merit system that might otherwise
be applicable, as the business of the authority may deem necessary or desirable, and...
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37-6-3
pledge, or otherwise dispose of or encumber electric transmission and distribution lines or
systems, electric generating plants, electric refrigeration plants, water lines, sanitary
sewer lines, water systems, and sanitary sewer systems, television reception equipment through
the use of television program decryption equipment and subscriber owned, leased, or rented
satellite dishes, lands, buildings, structures, dams, plants, and equipment and any and all
kinds and classes of real or personal property whatsoever, which shall be deemed necessary,
convenient or appropriate to accomplish the purpose for which the cooperative was organized
or in which it subsequently lawfully engages. Electric generating plants, transmission, and
distribution lines or systems as referred to in this section shall include any arrangement
or agreement for the purchase, exchange, or transmission of electric power, capacity or energy,
whether sole or as joint owner of all or any part in common with one...
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10A-2A-8.31
Section 10A-2A-8.31 Standards of liability for directors. Notwithstanding Division C of Article
3 of Chapter 1: (a) A director shall not be liable to the corporation or its stockholders
for any decision to take or not to take action, or any failure to take any action, as a director,
unless the party asserting liability in a proceeding establishes that: (1) no defense interposed
by the director based on (i) any provision in the certificate of incorporation authorized
by Section 10A-2A-2.02(b)(4) or by Section 10A-2A-2.02(b)(6), or (ii) the protection afforded
by Section 10A-2A-8.60, precludes liability; and (2) the challenged conduct consisted or was
the result of: (i) action not in good faith; or (ii) a decision (A) which the director did
not reasonably believe to be in the best interests of the corporation, or (B) as to which
the director was not informed to an extent the director reasonably believed appropriate in
the circumstances; or (iii) a lack of objectivity due to the...
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36-25-1
person is associated in a manner different from the manner it affects the other members of
the class to which he or she belongs. A conflict of interest shall not include any of the
following: a. A loan or financial transaction made or conducted in the ordinary course of
business. b. An occasional nonpecuniary award publicly presented by an organization for performance
of public service. c. Payment of or reimbursement for actual and necessary expenditures for
travel and subsistence for the personal attendance of a public official or public employee
at a convention or other meeting at which he or she is scheduled to meaningfully participate
in connection with his or her official duties and for which attendance no reimbursement is
made by the state. d. Any campaign contribution, including the purchase of tickets to, or
advertisements in journals, for political or testimonial dinners, if the contribution is actually
used for political purposes and is not given under circumstances from...
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36-25-5
Section 36-25-5 Use of official position or office for personal gain. (a) No public
official or public employee shall use or cause to be used his or her official position or
office to obtain personal gain for himself or herself, or family member of the public
employee or family member of the public official, or any business with which the person is
associated unless the use and gain are otherwise specifically authorized by law. Personal
gain is achieved when the public official, public employee, or a family member thereof receives,
obtains, exerts control over, or otherwise converts to personal use the object constituting
such personal gain. (b) Unless prohibited by the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, nothing
herein shall be construed to prohibit a public official from introducing bills, ordinances,
resolutions, or other legislative matters, serving on committees, or making statements or
taking action in the exercise of his or her duties as a public official. A member of a legislative...
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and of the parties thereto; (2) To adopt and alter a corporate seal; (3) To make and alter
at pleasure all needful bylaws, rules, and regulations for the transaction of its business
and the control of its property and affairs; (4) To have the same right of eminent domain
through condemnation conferred by Section 10-5-1, or any subsequent statute of similar import;
provided that nothing herein shall be construed to grant to the authority the power to acquire
by condemnation any real or personal property or right-of-way of any utility as the
term "utility" is defined in Section 37-4-1(7)a.; (5) To acquire in its own name
by purchase on such terms and conditions and in such manner as it may deem proper, or by exercise
of the power of eminent domain, or by gift, grant, lease, or otherwise, real property or rights
and easements therein and franchises and personal property necessary or convenient
for its corporate purposes; and to insure its property against any and all risks with...
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9-18-1
this compact any and all donations, and grants of money, equipment, supplies, materials, and
services (conditional or otherwise) from any state or the United States or any subdivision
or agency thereof, or interstate agency, or from any institution, person, firm, or corporation,
and may receive, utilize and dispose of the same. "(i) The board may establish and maintain
such facilities as may be necessary for the transacting of its business. The board may acquire,
hold, and convey real and personal property and any interest therein. "(j) The
board shall adopt bylaws, rules, and regulations for the conduct of its business, and shall
have the power to amend and rescind these bylaws, rules, and regulations. The board shall
publish its bylaws, rules, and regulations in convenient form and shall file a copy thereof,
and shall also file a copy of any amendment thereto, with the appropriate agency or officer
in each of the party states. "(k) The board annually shall make to the governor of...
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under this compact any and all donations and grants of money, equipment, supplies, materials
and services (conditional or otherwise) from any state or the United States or any subdivision
or agency thereof, or interstate agency, or from any institution, person, firm or corporation,
and may receive, utilize and dispose of the same. "(i) The board may establish and maintain
such facilities as may be necessary for the transacting of its business. The board may acquire,
hold and convey real and personal property and any interest therein. "(j) The
board shall adopt bylaws, rules and regulations in convenient form, and shall also file a
copy of any amendment thereto, with the appropriate agency or officer in each of the party
states. "(k) The board annually shall make to the governor of each party state, a report
covering the activities of the board for the preceding year, and embodying such recommendations
as may have been adopted by the board, which report shall be transmitted to the...
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