11-40-1
Section 11-40-1 Municipalities declared bodies politic and corporate; seal generally; name; powers, duties, and authority generally. All municipal organizations now existing in the State of Alabama, whether incorporated under the general laws of the state or by special act of the legislative department of the state government, and now exercising corporate powers or functions and all towns and cities that may hereafter be incorporated under the provisions of this title shall be bodies politic and corporate, using a common seal, which may at any time be changed, and having perpetual succession under the name now used or hereafter assumed as provided in this title, and each under such name as the "City of _____" or "Town of _____," as the case may be, shall sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, acquire property by purchase, gift, devise, or appropriation for any municipal purpose authorized in this title, and the same shall be held, managed, and controlled by the said...
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33-12-5
Section 33-12-5 Powers, duties and functions. The powers, duties and functions of the agency shall be as follows: (1) GENERALLY. The agency a. Shall have perpetual succession in its corporate name. b. May sue and be sued in its corporate name. c. May adopt, use and alter a corporate seal, which shall be judicially noticed. d. May enter into such contracts and cooperative agreements with the federal, state and local governments, with agencies of such governments, with private individuals, corporations, associations, trusts and other organizations as the board may deem necessary or convenient to enable it to carry out the purposes of this chapter, including the planned, orderly residential development of the area. e. May adopt, amend and repeal bylaws. f. May appoint such managers, officers, employees, attorneys and agents as the board deems necessary for the transaction of its business, fix their compensation, define their duties, require bonds of such of them as the board may...
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11-99A-2
Section 11-99A-2 Definitions. In this chapter the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) APPOINTING GOVERNMENT. The municipality or county that approves the creation of a district and appoints members to the board. (2) BOARD. The board of directors of a district. (3) CONTIGUOUS. Two tracts of land if touching for a continuous distance of not less than 200 feet. The term includes tracts of land divided by bodies of water, streets, railroad, or utility rights-of-way, or by land owned by any public person. In determining whether land is contiguous with a municipality, (i) land separated by bodies of water, streets, or railroad, or utility rights-of-way is contiguous even though the bodies of water, streets, or rights-of-way are within the city limits of another municipality and (ii) land separated by land owned by a public person is not contiguous if the land owned by the public person is within the city limits of another municipality. (4) COUNCIL. The governing body of a...
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10A-20-8.01
Section 10A-20-8.01 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS. Organizations or boards deriving their powers, functions, funds, and property directly from the parent organization, as defined in this section, or from its law-making body and does not mean organizations or boards organized under or answerable to any state organization, board, convention, or authority constituting a branch of the parent organization. (2) CHANGE OF SOCIAL POLICIES. Any substantial and material change in or departure from the rules, social creed, jurisdictional system, authoritative pronouncements, or other fraternal law relating to the social standards, practices, or policies of the parent organization or its affiliated institutions, as the same existed at the time of affiliation or merger of the local organization, and which change is contrary to the way of life of the majority...
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27-61-1
Section 27-61-1 Surplus Lines Insurance Multi-State Compliance Compact. The Surplus Lines Insurance Multi-State Compliance Compact Act is enacted into law and entered into with all jurisdictions mutually adopting the compact in the form substantially as follows: PREAMBLE WHEREAS, with regard to Non-Admitted Insurance policies with risk exposures located in multiple states, the 111th United States Congress has stipulated in Title V, Subtitle B, the Non-Admitted and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2010, of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, hereafter, the NRRA, that: (A) The placement of Non-Admitted Insurance shall be subject to the statutory and regulatory requirements solely of the insured's Home State, and (B) Any law, regulation, provision, or action of any State that applies or purports to apply to Non-Admitted Insurance sold to, solicited by, or negotiated with an insured whose Home State is another State shall be preempted with respect to such application;...
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37-11A-1
Section 37-11A-1 Execution and text of compact. The Governor, on behalf of this state, shall execute a compact, in substantially the following form, with the State of Mississippi, and the Legislature approves and ratifies the compact in the form substantially as follows: Northeast Mississippi - Northwest Alabama Railroad Authority Compact. The contracting states solemnly agree: Article I. The purpose of this compact is to promote and develop trade, commerce, industry, and employment opportunities for the public good and welfare in northeast Mississippi and northwest Alabama through the establishment of a joint interstate authority to acquire certain railroad properties and facilities which the operator thereof has notified the Interstate Commerce Commission of an intention to abandon and which are located in any of Franklin, Marion, or Winston Counties, Alabama or in Alcorn or Tishomingo Counties, Mississippi. Article II. This compact shall become effective immediately as to the State...
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9-8-25
Section 9-8-25 Powers and duties of districts; performance of work on private lands; acquisition, etc., of land by public bodies; exemption from taxation. (a) A soil and water conservation district organized under this article shall constitute a governmental subdivision of this state and a public body, corporate and politic, exercising public powers, and such district and the supervisors thereof shall have the following powers, in addition to others granted in other sections of this article: (1) To carry out preventive and control measures within the district including, but not limited to, engineering operations, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation, changes in use of land, and other erosion control measures on lands owned or controlled by this state or any of its agencies with the consent and cooperation of the agency administering and having jurisdiction thereof and on any other lands within the district upon obtaining the consent of the owner of such lands or the...
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41-14A-6
Section 41-14A-6 Establishment of SAFE board of directors; powers and duties of the board of directors. (a) There is hereby established a Board of Directors of the SAFE Program charged with responsibility and authority to assess and manage the sufficiency of the collateral pool and the SAFE Program to provide adequate protection from losses to public depositors. In exercising its powers and performing its responsibilities, the board of directors shall constitute a body politic under the laws of the state performing the public function of assuring the safety of public deposits. (b) The State Treasurer shall be a permanent, standing, voting member of the board of directors and shall serve as its chair. The Superintendent of Banks shall be a permanent, standing, non-voting member of the board of directors. The remaining six members shall each possess knowledge, skill, and experience in one or more of the following areas: (1) Financial analysis. (2) Trend analysis. (3) Accounting. (4)...
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14-6A-31
Section 14-6A-31 Powers. A regional jail authority shall constitute a public body corporate and politic, exercising public and essential governmental functions and having all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this article and including, but not limited to, the following powers: (1) To sue and be sued in its own name in civil actions, subject to the limitations provided in Chapter 93 of Title 11, and, except as otherwise provided in this article, to defend civil actions against it. (2) To adopt and make use of a corporate seal and to alter the seal at pleasure. (3) To have perpetual succession. (4) To make and, from time to time, amend and repeal bylaws, rules, and regulations to carry into effect the powers and purposes of the authority. (5) To make, enter into, and execute contracts, agreements, leases, and other instruments and to take other actions as may be necessary or convenient to accomplish any purpose for which the...
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14-6A-2
Section 14-6A-2 Powers. The regional jail authority shall constitute a public body corporate and politic, exercising public and essential governmental functions and having all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this chapter and including, but not limited to, the following powers: (1) To sue and be sued in its own name in civil actions, subject to the limitations provided in Chapter 93 of Title 11, and, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, to defend civil actions against it. (2) To adopt and make use of a corporate seal and to alter the seal at pleasure. (3) To have perpetual succession. (4) To make and from time to time amend and repeal bylaws, rules, and regulations to carry into effect the powers and purposes of the authority. (5) To make, enter into, and execute contracts, agreements, leases, and other instruments and to take other actions as may be necessary or convenient to accomplish any purpose for which the...
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