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11-61A-9
Section 11-61A-9 Powers. The authority shall have the following powers, together with all incidental
powers necessary: (1) To have succession by its corporate name for the duration of time (which
may be in perpetuity) specified in its certificate of incorporation. (2) To sue and be sued
in its own name in civil suits and actions. (3) To adopt and make use of a corporate seal
and to alter the seal at pleasure. (4) To adopt and alter bylaws for the regulation and conduct
of its affairs and business. (5) To acquire, receive, take, and hold, whether by purchase,
gift, lease, devise, eminent domain, or otherwise, property of every description, whether
real, personal, or mixed, and to manage the property, and to develop any undeveloped property
owned, leased, or controlled by it. An authority may not acquire or lease real property located
outside the boundaries of the municipality. An authority created under this chapter may not
exercise any power of eminent domain without a concurring...
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32-5-1
Section 32-5-1 Powers of local authorities. (a) Except as herein otherwise provided, local
authorities shall have no power to pass, enforce, or maintain any ordinance, rule, or regulation
requiring from any owner or chauffeur or other authorized driver to whom this chapter is applicable,
any additional license or permit for the use of the public highways, or excluding any such
owner, chauffeur, or other authorized driver from the public highway, nor to pass, enforce,
or maintain any ordinance, rule, or regulation regulating motor vehicles or their speed contrary
to the provisions of this chapter, nor shall any such law now in force or hereafter enacted
have any effect. (b) Local authorities shall have no power or authority to charge a license
or tax upon any motor carrier hauling passengers or any truck hauling freight for hire, when
such motor carriers in the usual course of operations enter or pass through any county, municipality,
or town of this state; provided, that this...
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11-43-2
Section 11-43-2 Election of mayors and aldermen; exercise of legislative functions; salary
of aldermen. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), in all cities and towns at the general
election to be held on the fourth Tuesday in August, 1984, and quadrennially thereafter, there
shall be elected a mayor, who, in cities having a population of 12,000 or more according to
the last or any subsequent federal census, shall not sit with the council nor have a vote
in its proceedings, and he or she shall have the power and duties conferred in this chapter.
(b) In all cities and towns having a population of less than 12,000 inhabitants according
to the last or any subsequent federal census, the legislative functions shall be exercised
by the mayor and five aldermen. The mayor shall preside over all deliberations of the council.
At his or her discretion he or she may vote as a member of the council on any question coming
to a vote, except in case of a tie, in which event he or she must vote....
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11-43C-21
Section 11-43C-21 Powers of council; dealings with officers and employees in administrative
service. All legislative powers of the city, including all powers vested in it by this chapter,
by the laws, general and local, of the state, and by the Code of Alabama 1975, as amended,
and the determination of all matters of legislative policy, shall be vested in the council.
Without limitation of the foregoing, the council shall have power to: (1) Appoint stenographic
and clerical employees deemed necessary for service to the council, subject to the provisions
of any merit system in effect at such time; (2) Upon recommendation of the mayor, establish
administrative departments and distribute the work of divisions; (3) Adopt the budget of the
city; (4) Authorize the issuance of bonds or warrants; (5) Inquire into the conduct of any
office, department or agency of the city and make investigations as to municipal affairs;
(6) Appoint the members of all boards except the Planning Commission and...
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11-44B-6
Section 11-44B-6 Meetings; quorum; majority vote requirements; procedure for adoption of ordinances
and resolutions; approval or veto of mayor; record of proceedings; power of council as to
city employees; all powers of city vested in council. (a) The council shall hold regular public
meetings at least once a week at some regular hour to be fixed by the council. The council
may hold such adjourned, called, or other meetings as may be necessary or convenient. (b)
All council meetings shall comply with the applicable law concerning open or public meetings.
(c) A majority of the elected membership of the council shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of any and every power conferred upon the council. For the purposes of determining
a quorum, the mayor shall not be counted. (d) The affirmative vote of a majority of the council
members present, and the mayor in the event of a tie, as provided by this article, shall be
sufficient for the passage of any resolution, bylaw, or ordinance,...
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11-50-497
Section 11-50-497 Powers and duties generally. The board shall have complete control of the
municipal electric distribution system of such municipality and shall have authority to employ,
upon terms to be fixed by the board, but in no event for a term exceeding one year, and to
discharge with or without cause, managers, cashiers, clerks, stenographers, attorneys, linemen,
repairmen, laborers, and such other employees as are necessary for the operation of such municipal
electric distribution system, except that in those cities where public employees are governed
by a citywide civil service or merit system all of such managers, cashiers, clerks, stenographers,
linemen, repairmen, laborers, and such other employees as are necessary for the operation
of such system shall in all respects, both as to selection, employment, discharge, tenure
of office, or employment and as to pay, promotion, demotion, and in all other respects covered
by said civil service or merit system, be governed and...
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2-25-4
Section 2-25-4 Power and duty of board as to protection of agricultural and horticultural interests
from plant pests and noxious weeds generally. It shall be the duty of the board to protect
the agricultural and horticultural interests of the state and, to that end, it is vested with
power and authority to: (1) Make all such rules and regulations governing nurseries and the
movement of nursery stock therefrom or the introduction of nursery stock therein as it may
deem necessary to the eradication, control or prevention of the dissemination of plant pests
or noxious weeds; (2) Make rules and regulations to govern the grading, marking, sale and
distribution of nursery stock by dealers and nurserymen; (3) Provide rules and regulations
under which nursery stock may be brought into this state from other states, territories and
foreign countries; (4) Make such rules and regulations with reference to plants and plant
products while in transit through this state as may be deemed necessary to...
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22-28-23
Section 22-28-23 Local air pollution control programs. (a) Except as provided in this section,
it is the intention of this chapter to occupy by preemption the field of air pollution control
within all areas of the State of Alabama. However, nothing in this section shall be construed
to limit or abrogate any private remedies now available to any person for the alleviation,
abatement, control, correction, or prevention of air pollution or restitution for damage resulting
therefrom. (b) Subject to the provisions of this section, each municipal governing body which
had municipal ordinances in effect on, or before, July 1, 1969, which pertain to air pollution
control and which provide for the creation and establishment of an air pollution control board
and each county board of health shall have the authority to establish, and thereafter administer,
within their jurisdictions, a local air pollution control program which: (1) Provides, subject
to subsection (d) of this section, by ordinance,...
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11-3A-2
Section 11-3A-2 Powers for public welfare, health, and safety; authorization; scope. (a) Except
where otherwise specifically prohibited or provided for either heretofore or hereafter by
general law or the constitution of this state and subject to the procedures and limitations
set out in this chapter, the county commission of a county may provide for its property and
affairs; and for the public welfare, health, and safety of the citizens throughout the unincorporated
areas of the county by exercising certain powers for the protection of the county and public
property under its control. The powers granted herein to provide for the public welfare, health,
and safety of its citizens shall only include the following: (1) Abatement of weeds as a public
nuisance as defined in Section 11-67-60. (2) Subject to the provisions of Section 6-5-127,
control of animals and animal nuisances. (3) Control of litter as defined in subsection (b)
of Section 13A-7-29, or rubbish as defined in subdivision...
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11-40-10
Section 11-40-10 Police jurisdiction; force and effect of ordinances; jurisdiction on islands
and offshore water adjacent to Florida; annexations. (a)(1) The police jurisdiction in municipalities
having 6,000 or more inhabitants shall cover all adjoining territory within three miles of
the corporate limits, and in municipalities having less than 6,000 inhabitants and in towns,
the police jurisdiction shall extend also to the adjoining territory within a mile and a half
of the corporate limits of the municipality or town. (2) After May 12, 2016, and in addition
to any other requirements of this section, any extension of the police jurisdiction of any
municipality as otherwise provided in subdivision (1) shall not be effective beyond the corporate
boundaries of the municipality without an affirmative vote of the municipal governing body.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, this subdivision shall not affect the boundaries of the police
jurisdiction of a municipality existing on May 12, 2016....
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