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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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11-47-170
Section 11-47-170 Acquisition of lands, easements, etc., by municipality; limitations on condemnation.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), whenever in the judgment of the council,
commission, or other governing body of a city or town it may be necessary or expedient for
the carrying out and full exercise of any power granted by the applicable provisions of this
title or any other applicable provision of law, the town or city shall have full power and
authority to acquire by purchase the necessary lands or rights, easements, or interests therein,
thereunder, or thereover or, for the purposes for which private property may be acquired by
condemnation, may proceed to condemn the same in the manner provided by this article, or by
the general laws of this state governing the taking of lands or the acquiring of interests
therein for the uses for which private property may be taken, and such proceedings shall be
governed in every respect by the general laws of this state...
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11-65-2
Section 11-65-2 Definitions. (a) The following words and phrases used in this chapter, and
others evidently intended as the equivalent thereof, shall, unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise, have the following respective meanings: (1) ALABAMA-BRED. When this term is used
with reference to a horse, it means a horse which is registered in the registry designated
and administered by a commission in accordance with such rules concerning domicile and registration
requirements as may be established by such commission and which is either (i) foaled from
a mare domiciled in the state during the 10-year period beginning with January 1, 1991, or
(ii) sired by an Alabama stallion and foaled from a mare domiciled in the state at any time
after the expiration of such 10-year period. (2) ALABAMA STALLION. A stallion which is standing
in the state at the time he is bred to the dam of an Alabama-bred horse, which is registered
with a commission, and which is owned or leased by a resident of...
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22-27-10
Section 22-27-10 Control of unauthorized dumping; open burning; construction with other rights
and remedies. (a) Solid waste shall be collected, transported, disposed, managed, or any combination
thereof, according to the requirements of this article, and the rules of the department or
the health department, as authorized by this article, and if disposed of in this state, shall
be disposed in a permitted landfill or permitted incineration, or reduced in volume through
composting, materials recovery, or other existing or future means approved by and according
to the requirements of the department, under authorities granted by this article. (b) The
creation, contribution to, or operation of an unauthorized dump is declared to be a public
nuisance per se, a menace to public health, and a violation of this article. In addition to
other remedies which are available, an unauthorized dump may be enjoined through an action
in the circuit court having jurisdiction over the property in which the...
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22-27-3
Section 22-27-3 Authority of local governing bodies as waste collections and disposal; household
exemptions; state regulatory program. (a) Generally. (1) The county commission or municipal
governing body may, and is hereby authorized to, make available to the general public collection
and disposal facilities for solid wastes in a manner acceptable to the department. The county
commission or municipal governing body may provide such collection or disposal services by
contract with private or other controlling agencies and may include house-to-house service
or the placement of regularly serviced and controlled bulk refuse receptacles within reasonable
(generally less than eight miles) distance from the farthest affected household and the wastes
managed in a manner acceptable to the department. (2) Any county commission or municipal governing
body providing services to the public under this article shall have the power and authority
by resolution or ordinance to adopt rules and...
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34-27-68
Section 34-27-68 Commission may seek injunctive relief, etc., for violation of article; investigation;
revocation of registration. (a) If it appears that a person, firm, corporation, or any business
entity has engaged, or is about to engage, in an act or practice constituting a violation
of a provision of this article or rule or order of the commission, the commission, through
the Attorney General, may institute legal actions to enjoin the act or practice and to enforce
compliance with this article or any rule or order of the commission or to have a receiver
or conservator appointed. To prevail in such action, it shall not be necessary to allege or
prove either that an adequate remedy at law does not exist or that substantial or irreparable
damage would result from the continued violation thereof. (b) The commission may: (1) Make
any public or private investigation which it deems necessary, either within or outside of
this state, to determine whether any person has violated or is about...
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37-6-42
Section 37-6-42 Enumerated powers. (a) Any such electric cooperative shall have power: (1)
To supply telephone service in rural areas to its members, to governmental agencies and political
subdivisions, to other persons, and to business entities not in excess of 40 percent of the
number of its members; provided that wireless communications services, including, without
limitation, services classified as of January 1, 1997, as "commercial mobile radio services"
by the Federal Communications Commission, may be provided to any person, firm, corporation,
governmental agency, or political subdivision within any area for which the electric cooperative
is authorized to provide such wireless service under federal law or regulations, without the
business entity being a member of the cooperative, regardless of whether the business entity
is in excess of 40 percent of the number of its members, and, without limiting the foregoing,
should a cooperative acquire any facilities in rural areas...
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11-65-18
Section 11-65-18 Application for operator's license. Depending upon the licensing authority
granted a commission by elections held pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) of Section 11-65-4,
a commission shall be empowered to grant operator's licenses for horse racing and pari-mutuel
wagering thereon or for greyhound racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon. Any corporation,
partnership, or other business entity desiring to obtain (i) an operator's license to conduct
horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon at a racing facility located in the commission
municipal jurisdiction or (ii) an operator's license to conduct greyhound racing and pari-mutuel
wagering thereon at a racing facility located in the commission municipal jurisdiction, either
through issuance of such license by a commission or transfer of an outstanding license, shall
file with the appropriate commission an application for such license. Such application may,
but need not, be made in conjunction with an application for a...
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11-85-20
Section 11-85-20 Definitions. When used in this article, the following words and phrases shall
have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) GOVERNMENTAL UNIT. Counties and municipalities. (2) GOVERNING BODY. The chief legislative
body of a governmental unit. (3) MUNICIPALITY. Such term shall include cities and towns. (4)
REGION. All the geographical area contained within the aggregate territorial limits of all
governmental units participating in the establishment of a region for planning as provided
in this article. (5) ADVISORY PLANNING. Continuing and systematic studies of the land economics
and land policies of a region in terms of social and economic betterment of said region, together
with the submission of interim and final results of said systematic and continuous studies
to the governing bodies of constituent governmental units for review, adoption, rejection,
or implementation thereof in whole or in part. Said term shall not be...
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23-1-177
Section 23-1-177 Bonds - Generally. (a) The bonds of the corporation shall be signed by its
president and attested by its secretary, and the seal of the corporation shall be affixed
thereto or printed or otherwise reproduced thereon; provided, that a facsimile of the signature
of one, but not both, of the officers may be printed or otherwise reproduced on any such bonds
in lieu of his or her signing the same. (b) Any bonds of the corporation may be executed and
delivered by it at any time and from time to time, shall be in such form and denominations
and of such tenor and maturities, shall bear such rate or rates of interest payable and evidenced
in such manner, may contain provisions for redemption prior to maturity, and may contain such
other provisions not inconsistent with this article, all as may be provided by the resolution
of the board of directors under which such bonds are authorized to be issued; provided, that
no bond of the corporation shall have a specified maturity date...
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