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11-50-1
Section 11-50-1 Establishment, purchase, etc., of waterworks, gas or electric plants by municipalities
generally; contracts for furnishing of water, gas, or electricity; regulation of gas, electricity,
and water rates and quality. Cities and towns shall have the right to establish, purchase,
maintain, and operate waterworks or contract for a supply of wholesome water for their inhabitants;
to establish, purchase, maintain, and operate a gas or electric light works and to contract
for the furnishing of gas or electricity to the city or town and surrounding territory; to
regulate the manner and rates for furnishing gas, electricity, and water after expiration
of a contract; and to prescribe the quality of gas or electricity furnished to the inhabitants
by any person or corporation. (Code 1907, §1260; Code 1923, §2001; Code 1940, T. 37, §360.)...
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11-50-314
Section 11-50-314 Powers of corporation generally; provisions in mortgages, deeds of trust,
or pledge agreements executed by corporation as to rights of parties thereto, etc. (a) Each
corporation formed or the certificate of incorporation of which is amended under this article
shall have the following powers together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to
the discharge thereof in corporate form: (1) To have succession by its corporate name for
the duration of time (which may be in perpetuity) specified in its certificate of incorporation
or until dissolved as provided in this article; (2) To sue and be sued and to defend civil
actions against it; (3) To make use of a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure;
(4) To acquire, purchase, construct, operate, maintain, enlarge, extend, and improve any system
or systems, the operation of which is provided for in the certificate of incorporation of
such corporation or in any amendment thereto (whether or not such system or...
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11-50B-3
Section 11-50B-3 Permitted activities by public providers; lease of equipment by municipal
governing bodies. In addition to all other power, rights, and authority heretofore granted
by law, public providers may acquire, establish, purchase, construct, maintain, enlarge, extend,
lease, improve, and operate cable systems, telecommunications equipment and telecommunications
systems, and furnish cable service, interactive computer service, Internet access, other Internet
services, and advanced telecommunications service, or any combination thereof, in the case
of a public provider that is a municipality, to the inhabitants of the municipality and police
jurisdiction, the area within the territorial jurisdiction of the municipal planning commission
determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 11-52-30, as amended, and any area
in which the municipality furnishes or sells any utility, such as electricity, gas, water,
or sewer, and in the case of a public provider that is a...
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40-21-50
Section 40-21-50 Levied generally. For each person operating a public utility, such as a street
railroad or interurban railroad operated by electricity or other motive power, waterworks,
gas company, pipeline company for transporting or carrying gas, oil, gasoline, water or other
commodities, gas distributing companies, whether by means of pipeline or by tanks, drums,
tubes, cylinders or otherwise, heating companies or other public utility, except electric,
hydroelectric, telephone or telegraph companies, railroad or sleeping car companies and express
companies which are otherwise licensed, shall pay to the state a license tax equal to two
and two-tenths percent on each $1 of gross receipts of such public utility in this state for
the preceding year. For the first year's business, where an existing public utility is taken
over, such license tax payable to the state shall be equal to two and two-tenths percent on
each $1 of the gross receipts for the preceding year of the public utility...
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11-50-140
Section 11-50-140 Definitions. When used in this article, the following words and phrases shall
have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT. A plant and system for the generation, manufacture, and distribution
of electricity or a system for the purchase, transportation, and/or distribution of electricity,
together with all appurtenances thereto and all property used or useful in connection therewith,
including franchises. (2) GAS PLANT. A plant and system for the manufacture and distribution
of gas or a system for the purchase, transportation, and/or distribution of manufactured or
natural gas, together with all appurtenances thereto and all property used or useful in connection
therewith, including franchises. (3) WATERWORKS PLANT. A plant and system for the gathering,
collecting, or impounding of water and the distribution thereof for domestic or industrial
use or both or a plant or system for the purchase,...
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11-50-5
Section 11-50-5 Construction, purchase, operation, etc., of waterworks and water supply plants
and systems and expenditure of municipal funds therefor. (a) Any municipality in this state
may construct, purchase, operate, maintain, enlarge, extend, and improve waterworks plants
and systems or any part or parts thereof, whether located within or without or partly within
and partly without the corporate limits of such municipality. Such plants and systems may
be purchased subject to encumbrances and to contracts to furnish water therefrom, the payment
and performance of which may be assumed. Any municipality in this state may furnish and distribute,
under contract, water to persons, firms, and corporations in such municipality and to persons,
firms, and corporations in the territory surrounding such municipality, whether or not the
territory surrounding such municipality is contiguous thereto. (b) Without limiting the generality
of any of the language contained in subsection (a) of this...
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11-47-3
Section 11-47-3 Contracts and indebtedness for municipal buildings and public utility systems;
consolidation of systems; ancillary service contracts. (a) The governing body of any city
or town may contract for the construction, reconstruction, extension, or repair of any municipal
building, plant, waterworks system, or electric light and power plant or system or may on
credit employ labor and purchase on credit all materials and supplies needed in such construction,
reconstruction, extension, or repair and may, without an election, issue evidences of indebtedness
in the forms and of the maturities described in Section 11-47-2 to the extent of any indebtedness
incurred in such contract or purchase or construction, reconstruction or extension and may
secure such evidences of indebtedness by mortgage or deed of trust (in such form and with
such provisions as such governing body may determine) on such municipal building, plant, waterworks
system, or electric light and power plant or...
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11-81-51
Section 11-81-51 Purposes for which bonds may be issued. All municipalities shall have full
and continuing power and authority within the limits of the Constitution now in effect or
that may be hereafter provided to issue and sell bonds (when such issue is authorized by an
election as provided in this article if such election is required by the Constitution, but
without an election if an election is not so required) for the following named purposes: (1)
For the purpose of constructing, reconstructing, enlarging or extending public buildings,
sewers, streets, alleys, bridges and public schoolhouses and buildings and of constructing
or acquiring by purchase or otherwise water, electric light, electric power and gas plants
and systems or any two or more such plants or systems combined, including transmission and
distribution systems, and of constructing enlargements and extensions to any such plants or
systems; (2) For the purchase of real estate necessary for any improvement authorized...
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24-1-6
Section 24-1-6 Establishment of rentals and tenant selection in low rent housing projects.
(a) It is declared to be the policy of this state that each housing authority shall manage
and operate its low rent housing projects in an efficient manner so as to enable it to fix
the rentals for dwelling accommodations at the lowest possible rates consistent with its providing
decent, safe, and sanitary dwelling accommodations for persons of low income, and that no
housing authority shall construct or operate any such project for profit, or as a source of
revenue of the city or town. To this end a housing authority shall fix the rentals for such
dwellings in its low rent housing projects at no higher rates than it shall find to be necessary
in order to produce revenues which, together with all other available moneys, revenues, income,
and receipts of such authority from whatever sources derived, including federal financial
assistance necessary to maintain the low rent character of the...
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4-3-47
Section 4-3-47 Powers of authority generally. The authority shall have the following powers,
together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to the discharge thereof in corporate
form: (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 actions, excepting actions in tort against the authority; (3) To adopt and
make use of a corporate seal and to alter the same 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, option to purchase, gift, lease, devise or otherwise, property
of every description, whether real, personal or mixed, whether in one or more counties and
whether within or without the corporate limits of any authorizing subdivision, and to manage
said property and to develop any property and to sell, exchange, lease or...
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