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45-5-141.20
Section 45-5-141.20 Powers and duties; annual dues; board of trustees; referendum election.
(a) This section shall apply only in Blount County. (b) A district for the delivery of fire
and emergency medical services may be formed in any unincorporated area of the county pursuant
to this section subject to the approval of a majority of the qualified electors who vote at
a referendum election for that purpose in the proposed district and for the approval of the
mandatory annual dues of the district. (c) In order to call for a referendum election for
the formation of a district, a petition signed by not less than 20 percent of the registered
voters who reside in the proposed district shall be presented to the county commission and
the Judge of Probate of Blount County. The petition shall contain an accurate legal description
of the proposed area and shall state the name of the proposed district. The petition for the
establishment of a district shall be accompanied by a request for the...
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22-32-1
Section 22-32-1 Enactment of Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact.
The Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact is hereby enacted
into law and entered into by the State of Alabama with any and all states legally joining
therein in accordance with its terms, in the form substantially as follows: SOUTHEAST INTERSTATE
LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT COMPACT Article I. Policy and Purpose There is hereby
created the Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact. The party
states recognize and declare that each state is responsible for providing for the availability
of capacity either within or outside the state for the disposal of low-level radioactive waste
generated within its borders, except for waste generated as a result of defense activities
of the federal government or federal research and development activities. They also recognize
that the management of low-level radioactive waste is handled most...
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45-8-90
Section 45-8-90 Economic Development Council - Creation; composition; powers and duties. (a)(1)
For the purposes of promoting industry and trade and economic development and to assist Calhoun
County and the municipalities located therein in their pursuits therefor and to provide for
the exercise by the county and the municipalities of certain powers and authority proposed
to be granted to them by an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama, the act proposing such
amendment being adopted at the same session of the Legislature at which the act adding this
section was adopted, there is hereby created an economic development council for Calhoun County,
which council shall constitute a public corporation under the name Calhoun County Economic
Development Council. (2) This section shall be liberally construed in conformity with the
purposes. (b)(1) The powers and authorities of the Calhoun County Economic Development Council
shall be vested in and performed by a board of directors. (2) The...
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37-6-3
Section 37-6-3 Enumerated powers. A cooperative shall have the power: (1) To sue and be sued
in its corporate name. (2) To adopt a corporate seal and alter the same at its pleasure. (3)
To generate, manufacture, purchase, acquire and transmit electric energy and to distribute,
sell, supply and dispose of electric energy to its members, to governmental agencies and political
subdivisions and to other persons; provided, however, that should a cooperative acquire any
electric facilities dedicated or devoted to the public use, it may continue to serve the persons
served directly from such facilities at the time of such acquisition without requiring that
such persons become members, and, provided further, that such nonmembers shall have the right
to become members upon nondiscriminatory terms. Cooperatives may not condition membership
or provision of service on compliance by the member with requirements not directly related
to the electric or other service to be provided by the cooperative....
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10A-3-1.02
Section 10A-3-1.02 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
following meanings, respectively, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
The original or restated articles of incorporation or articles of consolidation and all amendments
thereto, including articles of merger, of a domestic or foreign nonprofit corporation. The
term articles of incorporation of a nonprofit corporation constitutes its certificate of formation
as defined in Section 10A-1-1.03(7). The terms may be used interchangeably. The articles of
incorporation or certificate of formation of a nonprofit corporation, together with its bylaws,
constitute its governing documents within the meaning of Section 10A-1-1.03(40). (2) BOARD
OF DIRECTORS. The group of persons vested with the management of the affairs of the corporation
irrespective of the name by which the group is designated. The board of directors of a nonprofit
corporation is its governing authority as...
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10A-3-2.05
Section 10A-3-2.05 Voting of members. (a) The right of the members, or any class or classes
of members, to vote may be limited, enlarged or denied to the extent specified in the nonprofit
corporation's governing documents. Unless so limited, enlarged or denied, each member, regardless
of class, shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote of members. (b)
A member entitled to vote may vote in person or, unless the nonprofit corporation's governing
documents otherwise provide, may vote by proxy executed in writing by the member, or by his
or her duly authorized attorney-in-fact. No proxy shall be valid after 11 months from the
date of its execution, unless otherwise provided in the proxy. Where directors or officers
are to be elected by members, the bylaws may provide that the elections may be conducted by
mail. (c) The governing documents of a nonprofit corporation may provide that in all elections
of directors every member entitled to vote shall have the right to...
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10A-3-5.04
Section 10A-3-5.04 Articles of merger or consolidation. (a) Upon the approval, articles of
merger or articles of consolidation shall be executed for each nonprofit corporation by its
president or a vice president, and by its secretary or an assistant secretary, and verified
by one of the officers signing the articles, and shall set forth: (1) The plan of merger or
the plan of consolidation; (2) If the members of any merging or consolidating nonprofit corporation
are entitled to vote thereon, then as to each nonprofit corporation (i) a statement setting
forth the date of the meeting of members at which the plan was adopted, that a quorum was
present at the meeting, and that the plan received at least two-thirds of the votes entitled
to be cast by members present or represented by proxy at the meeting, or (ii) a statement
that the amendment was adopted by a consent in writing signed by all members entitled to vote
with respect thereto; and (3) If any merging or consolidating nonprofit...
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10A-3-2.11
Section 10A-3-2.11 Quorum of directors. (a) A majority of the number of directors fixed by
the bylaws, or in the absence of a bylaw fixing the number of directors, then of the number
stated in the certificate of formation, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business,
unless otherwise provided in the governing documents of the nonprofit corporation; but in
no event shall a quorum consist of less than one-third of the number of directors so fixed
or stated. The act of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum
is present shall be the act of the board of directors, unless the act of a greater number
is required by this title or this chapter or by the nonprofit corporation's governing documents.
(b) If a quorum is present when the meeting is convened, the directors present may continue
to do business, taking action by a vote of a majority of a quorum as fixed above, until adjournment,
notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough directors to leave less...
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10A-30-2.08
Section 10A-30-2.08 Management by shareholders; applicable to corporations formed as close
corporations or electing close corporation status prior to January 1, 1995. The certificate
of formation of a close corporation may provide that the business of the corporation shall
be managed by the shareholders of the corporation rather than by a board of directors. So
long as this provision continues in effect: (1) No meeting of shareholders need be called
to elect directors; (2) Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the shareholders of
the corporation shall be deemed to be directors for purposes of applying provisions of this
article; and (3) The shareholders of the corporation shall be subject to all liabilities of
directors. Such a provision may be inserted in the certificate of formation by amendment if
all incorporators and subscribers or all holders of record of all of the outstanding shares,
whether or not having voting power, authorize such a provision. An amendment to the...
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10A-20-6.06
Section 10A-20-6.06 Altering, amending, or changing certificate of formation. The corporation
may change its corporate name, the location of its principal office, or make other alteration,
amendment, or change in its certificate of formation, as may be desired in the following manner:
(1) Its board of directors by a majority vote thereof, either in person or by proxy, at any
regular meeting of the board, or at any special meeting called for the purpose, shall adopt
a resolution or resolutions setting forth the respect or respects in which the certificate
of formation of the corporation shall be altered, amended, or changed; (2) The report thereof,
certified by the president or the secretary of the corporation under corporate seal, if any,
shall be delivered to the Secretary of State for filing; and (3) Upon the filing of same,
its certificate of formation shall be deemed to be altered, amended, or changed; provided,
that the certificate of alteration, amendment, or change shall contain...
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